Honda car tops EPA mileage list WASHINGTON (AP) - A two-seater Japanese import powered by a combination of electricity and gasoline is the winner of this year's Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy derby, getting three times better gasoline mileage than many automobiles. The Honda Insight, which will be introduced into American showrooms in December, gets 61 miles per gallon in city driving, and 70 mpg on the highway, according to EPA fuel economy rankings released Friday for hundreds of 2000 model vehicles. Among the biggest gas guzzlers were the popular large sport utility vehicles, many of which reported about 12 mpg in city driving and at best about 16 mpg on the highway. Land Rover's Range Rover got the worst mileage (12 city/15 highway) among the SUVs, but the likes of the Ford Expedition and GMC Yukon did only a little better on the highway and no better in city driving. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561428990-e16> *** List of EPA fuel economy ratings, see full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561429021-ffb> Pope honors 3 European women saints VATICAN CITY (AP) - Seeking to raise the profile of his church in Europe, Pope John Paul II on Friday honored three women saints, including Edith Stein, the Jewish-born nun killed at Auschwitz. He proclaimed Stein and 14th century Saints Brigid of Sweden and Catherine of Siena as "co-patronesses of the European continent." All three are "linked in a special way to the history of the continent," John Paul said, calling Stein "the symbol of the dramas of Europe this century." John Paul spoke at a special Mass in St. Peter's Basilica that opened a three-week meeting of European bishops, part of his efforts to prepare his church for the new millennium. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561427961-4ba>
