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Doug Mellgren / Associated Press:
Gore, U.N. body win Nobel Peace Prize — OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Gore Nobel boosts talk of White House run — Vice President Al Gore was named joint winner of Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his environmental activism, likely increasing pressure from his supporters to enter the race for the White House. — Sources say Gore will resist entreaties to run …
Walter Gibbs / New York Times:
Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to Al Gore, the former American vice president, and to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for their work to alert the world to the threat of global warming.
Nobelprize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 — The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge …
Eric Pooley / Time:
Gore Wins the Nobel. But Will He Run? — For the past year, Al Gore has gone about his considerable business without showing much interest in running for president. While picking up an Oscar and an Emmy, publishing a very smart book and playing host at a global concert for the planet, he's never done more than tease the idea.
CNN:
Al Gore, climate panel win Nobel Peace Prize — (CNN) — Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work to raise awareness about global warming. — Gore said he was "deeply honored," adding that …
Bill Neikirk / The Swamp:
Al Gore wins the Nobel, campaign draft calling — Nobel Peace Prize Committee Chair Ole Danbolt Mjoes on announcement that former Vice President Al Gore is co-winner of the prestigious award. Photo by Daniel Annum Lauten-AFP/Getty Images. — by William Neikirk — Al Gore is now a Nobel laureate.
The Washington Post / The Trail:Can He Save the Planet and Win the Presidency?
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Sliming Graeme Frost — Two weeks ago, the Democratic response to President Bush's weekly radio address was delivered by a 12-year-old, Graeme Frost. Graeme, who along with his sister received severe brain injuries in a 2004 car crash and continues to need physical therapy …
Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
9 children killed in U.S. raid in Iraq — BAGHDAD - A U.S. attack killed 19 insurgents and 15 civilians, including nine children, northwest of the capital Thursday — one of the heaviest civilian death tolls in an American operation in recent months. The military said it was targeting senior leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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New York Times:
Watchdog of C.I.A. Is Subject Of C.I.A. Inquiry — The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, has ordered an unusual internal inquiry into the work of the agency's inspector general, whose aggressive investigations of the C.I.A.'s detention and interrogation programs …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Liberal Base Proves Trying to Democrats — Of the three most recognizable Barneys in America, one is a singing purple dinosaur, another is a prehistoric cartoon character and the third is a gay congressman from Massachusetts. — Representative Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat …
Washington Post:
Va. Poll Gives Mark Warner Wide Lead in Senate Race — Former Virginia governor Mark R. Warner holds a 30-point lead over his two potential Republican rivals in next year's U.S. Senate race, boosting Democrats' chances of expanding their congressional majority and highlighting the party's ascendancy …
Sabrina Eaton / OPENERS:
Regula confirms: he's retiring — Longtime congressman Ralph Regula, whose years and power on the House Appropriations Committee made him a major player for northeast Ohio, confirmed to The Plain Dealer that he will not run for re-election next year. — More coverage
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Garance Franke-Ruta / American Prospect:
NOT VOTING IS NOT THE SAME AS VOTING NO. — I read this Noam Scheiber item on The Plank with interest, as Noam's been on a bit of a roll lately with his campaign analysis, and earlier got the diagnosis of the problems with the Barack Obama and John Edwards campaign exactly right.
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Julian Borger / Guardian:
China joins UN censure of Burma — China turned against the Burmese government last night and supported a UN security council statement rebuking the military regime for its suppression of peaceful protests, and demanding the release of all political prisoners.
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Rosalind Russell / The Independent:Only now, the full horror of Burmese junta's repression of monks emerges
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Ann Coulter And The Jews: The Agony And The Ignorance (Includes Blog Roundup) — Controversial conservative author, icon and columnist Ann Coulter is in hot water again — and this time she's accused of being anti-Semitic. — Coulter has been denounced before.
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Please Blog...Fund Raising Drive to Bring Miracle and her family home to the Lower 9th Ward — Two weeks ago I posted about the Joseph family who lost their Lower 9th Ward home for the second time. Kellie Joseph and her 6 children lost their home to Katrina.
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