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Al Gore's son busted for drugs in hybrid car — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for allegedly speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff's official said.
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Police: Drugs found in Al Gore III's car — LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Former Vice President Al Gore's son, Albert Gore III, was arrested early Wednesday morning in Orange County, California on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs, Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff's Department told CNN.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Leave Him Alone — I understand the impulse to treat politics …
Leave Him Alone — I understand the impulse to treat politics …
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Maddy Sauer Reports / The Blotter:
New Video From Al Qaeda Number Two — Maddy Sauer Reports: — As Americans celebrate the 4th of July today, Al Qaeda's top deputy Ayman Zawahiri is appearing in a new internet video praising jihadi fighters in Iraq and elsewhere. Dressed in all white and sitting before a news studio background …
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Associated Press:
New al-Qaeda video calls on Muslims to unite in jihad — CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaeda's No. 2 has issued a new video tape calling on Muslims to unite in jihad, or holy war, and support the Islamist movement in Iraq, a U.S.-based intelligence monitoring group said Wednesday.
The Australian:
Mosque chief arrested trying to flee in burqa — THE leader of a radical Pakistani mosque was arrested while trying to flee in a woman's burqa as security forces stepped up pressure on a few hundred hardcore followers still holed up inside. — Firebrand cleric Abdul Aziz's capture sparked …
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Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Jihadi Transvestite Busted in Islamabad — Now here's the sort of story that brightens the 4th of July: … It's like an upper-class Indian masquerading as an Untouchable, or a Ruler of the Universe in blackface, trying to fool the cops. The deputy information minister has it precisely right …
John Solomon / Washington Post:
Splitting Hairs, Edwards's Stylist Tells His Side of Story — Man Behind Pricey Coifs Details Long Relationship — For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, from Marlon Brando to Bob Barker, so when a friend told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming advice, he agreed to help.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney-Clinton encounter friendly — CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Former Gov. Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, had a little time to kill before the start of the Independence Day parade here, so they decided to go say hello to the other presidential candidate and her spouse taking part in the festivities.
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Bush, Nixon are most unpopular presidents ever. — A new Rasmussen analysis finds that George Washington continues to be the nation's most popular president, with 94 percent of Americans viewing the Father of our Country favorably. The highest unfavorable rating for any president — 60 percent — is earned by Richard Nixon.
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Karen Bale / The Daily Record:
HERO CABBIE: I KICKED BURNING TERRORIST SO HARD IN BALLS THAT I TORE A TENDON — HERO CABBIE.. — A HERO cabbie who took on the Glasgow Airport terror suspects told yesterday how he booted one of them in the privates. — Alex McIlveen, 45, kicked the man, whose body was in flames, so hard that he tore a tendon in his foot.
Bob Geiger:
No Joy This Fourth Of July — "A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." ~ Declaration of Independence — I've always enjoyed the Fourth of July. — It's summer, it's a festive holiday about celebration …
Ted Nugent / Opinion Journal:
The Summer of Drugs — Forty years ago, dirty, stinky hippies converged on San Francisco to "turn on, tune in and drop out." — This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the so-called Summer of Love. Honest and intelligent people will remember it for what it really was: the Summer of Drugs.
John Fabian Witt / Washington Post:
A Declaration The President Ignores — As we gather around picnic tables and backyard barbecues today, we should pause to consider a forgotten dimension of the occasion — one that is as important now as it was on July 4, 1776. — We all know that the Declaration of Independence announced …
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Joyce Lee Malcolm / Opinion Journal: 'Wonderfully Spared' — Our Founders were talented men—and lucky ones too.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Construction Woes Add to Fears at Embassy in Iraq — U.S. diplomats in Iraq, increasingly fearful over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Zone, are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the U.S. Embassy construction project in Baghdad as signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months ahead.
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Peter Griffiths / Reuters:
Gadget boom to drive up energy demand: report — LONDON (Reuters) - Flat-screen televisions, computers and other hi-tech gadgets will use nearly half of a typical British household's total electricity by 2020, an energy conservation body said in a report on Wednesday.
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Andrew Meldrum / Guardian:
Panic in Zimbabwe as shops empty — Panic buying swept through the streets of Zimbabwe yesterday, as stores ran out of basic goods and shopkeepers complained that they were selling goods at a loss after the government ordered prices to be halved in a last-ditch effort to tackle hyper-inflation.
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