Times-Leader - While they did not discourage the public from considering more fuel-efficient vehicles, both sounded tepid in their endorsement of existing hybrid cars and reported confusing fuel-consumption data. I can speak only for the Toyota Prius. I have owned Tell me more

MSNBC - Just nine feet long, it is 34 inches shorter than the Mini Cooper. (”Roadkill,” sniffed a skeptical blogger.) More important, while Brazilians are proud of their fleet of hybrid cars that can run on gasoline or alcohol distilled from sugar cane, the Tell me more

Baltimore Sun - Hybrid cars emit less carbon dioxide than standard cars, meaning they contribute less to global warming and rising sea levels, said Brad Heavner, executive director of Environment Maryland. These alternative vehicles can cost $3,000 more than other Tell me more

Pasadena Star-News - FEDERAL tax credits on Toyota and Lexus hybrid cars will be cut in half beginning next month. Why? Toyota has sold too many. The models are so popular that the company has already reached the arbitrary 60,000 per manufacturer limit set by Congress Tell me more

Washington Business Journal - brought $5B to D.C. in 2005 [Tuesday] Prosecutors in Jemal case hone in on documents related to Morgan Stanley funds [Monday] Next-generation Internet firm gets additional funding [Monday] Health group opens new location [Monday] CoStar buying hybrid cars Tell me more