http://gm-v olt.com/2008/08/26/the- chevy-volt-generator-wi ll-run-at-one-of-severa l-fixed-rpms/ Really informative. Some great reader commentary and questions follow. Am looking forward to this vehicle more than the 2010 Olympics.

The assignment of the journalism students was to submit the shortest story possible, with elements of religion, sexuality and mystery. The winning entry read: My God! I'm pregnant. Wonder who did it.

http://www. canada.com/vancouversu n/cars/story.html?id=b 89fd208-5a7b-466c-ac3d -186cd54dbafa excerpt: While the prevailing perception of electric cars is a cramped slug best suited for commuter use, Nissan has a working prototype that will...

http://www.can ada.com/theprovince/news/stor y.html?id=1c7481fe-5d2e-4bb4- 99bc-a960886c3538 B.C.'s NDP Health critic, Adrian Dix wants to follow the lead of other provinces that are funding insulin pumps for diabetes sufferers. While many will...

http://www. canada.com/theprovince/ news/money/story.html?i d=ebfea6ca-426a-408e-8b 66-57700bbf0131 New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, sees the energy crisis as the nation's top issue and, if not resolve, is working to ease it. excerpt:...

http://www.can ada.com/theprovince/news/stor y.html?id=cb8e291c-2c48-4c5c- a1a5-64ba6eeba221 Whatever it is that the organizers did to give Beijing its clear sunny skies, they should perhaps keep on doing. With such dramatic improvements, other...

Here's the one that so tickles my funny bone: Little Jimmie asked, "Grandpa, can you make a noise like a frog?" He replies, "Well, yes Jimmie, but why do you ask?" Jimmie answers, "Well, Grandpa, I heard Mommy and Daddy talking, and...

http://www .youtube.com/watch?v= PsOpsUcrQrU A solar hot water system that pays for itself in two years is really impressive and is in wide use on many of China's rooftops. Others need to follow.

This is just as received. Before anyone pounces, I'll add that it would have worked for me, a natural blonde, without the reference to hair color: A man entered the bus with both of his front pockets full of golf balls and sat down next to a...

http://www. canada.com/vancouversu n/news/story.html?id=f cb2a919-1e00-4d2b-b25c -4fcead831b0a B.C. gives top bureaucrats raises of 22 to 43 per cent excerpt: "They're our top decision-makers and they handle a $30- billion-plus budget,"...