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In the latest installment of the Butterfly Effect we look at how mining the key ingredient in electric cars could end up enriching potential enemies of America, and force another round of innovation to build an even newer kind of battery. 1. Revenge Of The Electric Car One day in late 2005, after losing yet another bruising political battle to the bean counters inside General Motors, then-vice chairman “Maximum” Bob Lutz heard of a startup called Tesla Motors intending to bring an all-electric sports car to market.

The PGA Tour's Tim Finchem joins Morning Joe to discuss the PGA Tour and its partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative, rising golf champ Rory McIlroy, and Tiger Woods. (Morning Joe)

Jeff Benedict, author of "Poisoned" speaks to Armen Keteyian about food regulation in the U.S. and tips to stay safe on this holiday weekend.

The recent e coli outbreak in Europe has prompted a renewed focus on the safety of food in the U.S. With next year's proposed budget cuts for regulators, Armen Keteyian reports on the status of food safety.

MySpace sold to ad network, more Google+ news, small business loan troubles, and more. MySpace sold for $35 million

Google+ has a privacy hole, Specific Media has big plans for MySpace, Timberlake (including his own office!).

It's not just floods and fires. A new interactive map shows you all the insidious and sometimes invisible problems facing the planet, from food shortages to super poison ivy.

David Hutsell won the 44th PGA Professional National Championship on Wednesday, beating Faber Jamerson with an 8-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff.

GolfChannel: Sergio Garcia's star once shone ever-so brightly. Contributing writer John Hawkins hopes that what now flickers in Sergio's game is a sign of things to come.

Qualifying medallist Cheyenne Woods, the niece of Tiger Woods, advanced to the second round of match play in the Women's U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, beating Ashley Edwards 4 and 3 on Wednesday at Bandon Dunes' Old Macdonald course.

I've been playing with HP's new TouchPad for a week, but it only took a few minutes to notice the tablet's similarities to the iPad. I'm not just talking about the TouchPad's WebOS--all players in the tablet space have undoubtedly taken cues from Apple's software (see: apps, gestures, etc.). But even HP's hardware design is iPad-like, from the placement of the (single) home button to the webcam to the auto-lock key to the volume seesaw switch.

Turning his head from side to side as he checks his reflection in the barbershop mirror, Terrell Mack seems pretty pleased with his haircut -- a tight, neat crop -- but he can't get up from the chair just yet.

Is hydrogen actually clean, or just clean compared to fossil fuels? Even though it mostly produces water, there are some nasty side effects no one is talking about

The HTC Status puts its money where its mouth is: Almost the entire front end of the phone is about sharing, updating, or checking on your social-network statuses. The thing even has a "share on Facebook " button right on its chassis. The Status, coming exclusively from AT&T this summer, is otherwise run-of-the-mill

Erik Compton is among the elite on the PGA Tour this week at the AT&T National, even though he has been in a league of his own for about as long as he's been playing golf.