Below is a (non-exhaustive) list of articles about fusion-fission hybrids which were recently published in the media:
Article in Nature (July 2009):
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090701/full/460025a.html?s=news_rss
Article in Physics Today (July 2009):
http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_62/iss_7/24_1.shtml
Tom Friedman's article on NIF and LIFE in the New York Times (March 2009):
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/opinion/15friedman.html?_r=1