1. ENERGY:
Can a 19-year-old add vroom to the 'nuclear renaissance'?

A stunning Swiss blonde parked her racecar in the most unlikely of places: a hotel ballroom in Chicago filled with nuclear industry representatives at an annual conference. The 19-year-old Simona de Silvestro was fresh from winning the Atlantic Championship season opener in Long Beach, Ca., driving the sleek, 300 horsepower Swift 016. Now she was entering a competition of a different sort. The vehicle, emblazoned with the phrase "Nuclear Clean Air Energy," is part of a racing team backed by actor Paul Newman. De Silvestro and her car's pro-nuclear message are both being used by the nuclear power industry to turn heads, not just at the track but on university campuses. Go to story #1