APhoto Of The Day — 2.9.10

Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama, right, bows after submitting the company’s formal recall notice for its 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid and two other hybrid models to Ryuji Masuno, director general of the Road Transport Bureau of the Transport Ministry, at the ministry in Tokyo Tuesday. Toyota is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world’s largest automaker. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Top Cutlines:

• 1. That’s the bad news Masuno San.. but I DO HAVE good news too …”I just switched to Geico” — Pecky Cox.
• 2. Overheard from the Director General… “This is the last time we buy parts from China!” — Digger.
• 3. Hiroyuki “Harry’ Yokoyama was chosen to deliver the bad news because corporate heads had committed Harry carry it — JohnA.
• HM: Charles Dixon