Will Electric Batteries Re-energize Detroit?

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm hopes so.

Ruff Riders, Mount Up

CNN political reporter Peter Hamby has the non-Iran tweet of the day:

What is it with those two?

Obama Announces $2.4 Billion for Plug-In Hybrids

The administration is taking a bifurcated approach toward resuscitating the American auto industry, simultaneously allocating $5 billion to the auto parts manufacturers who are propping up an anachronistic Detroit and releasing nearly half that amount for investments in electric technology that could bring the industry into the twenty-first century.

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