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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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Source: Gore thinks Clinton unstoppable — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A source involved in Gore's past political runs told CNN that he definitely has the ambition to use the peace prize as a springboard to run for president. — But he will not run, because he won't take on the political machine assembled …
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CHANGING THE CLIMATE, ONE WINNER AT A TIME — When did the Nobel Peace Prize go off the tracks? Today's award to Al Gore and the IPCC "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed …
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Redeemer of all mankind crowned in Oslo; Update: "What has Al …
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Gore's Nobel boosts talk of White House run
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I am deeply honored
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Question for grown-ups: Who deserves government-subsidized health insurance? — This question is for grown-ups only: Who deserves government-subsidized health insurance? — What if I told you I drove these three cars (photos are showroom models): — A Volvo SUV... A GMC Suburban...
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Associated Press Is Outdone In Accuracy By...Fox News! — It's a very sad day for a reputable news organization when it finds itself badly outdone on accuracy by Fox News, but that's exactly what happened to the Associated Press today. — The AP is running with a story right now that strains …
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Mondale to endorse Clinton
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On Gore — First, before any other yapping and commentary, a big congratulations to Al Gore. — There are several layers of irony and poetic justice wrapped into this honor. The first is that the greatest step for world peace would simply have been for Gore not to have had the presidency stolen from him in November 2000.
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Income-Inequality Gap Widens — Boom in Financial Markets — Parallels Rise in Share — For Wealthiest Americans — The richest Americans' share of national income has hit a postwar record, surpassing the highs reached in the 1990s bull market, and underlining the divergence …
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Newsweek's Jaw-Dropping Erratum — The editor of Newsweek has added a remarkable erratum to the sidebar to a nasty article by Michael Hirsh about the Giuliani campaign, "Would You Buy a Used Hawk From This Man?" First, here is the sidebar: … The subsequent correction warrants a place in Guinness World Records.
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Our sorcery exposed! — The neocon conspiracy embedded …
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Prosecutors expected to file charges against Bernard Kerik — Bernard Kerik's legal nightmare is about to get worse, with federal prosecutors expected to file charges against the former police commissioner that will likely include allegations of bribery, tax fraud and obstruction of justice, the Daily News has learned.
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An Open Letter to the Ron Paul Faithful — Editor's Note: — Dear folks, — You guys are good. Real good. You are truly a force on World Wide Web and I tip my hat to you. — That's based on my first hand experience of your work regarding our CNBC Republican candidate debate.
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The Great Navigator — Bill Clinton's greatest domestic achievement, aside from abolishing welfare, was free trade. The crown jewel was the North American Free Trade Agreement. He got that through Congress over sustained union opposition in 1993. Monday, Sen. Hillary Clinton proposed …
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WaPo's Continuing Editorial Slide — I am a compulsive reader of the New Yorker and of the magazine's deep ranks of talent, there are few more gifted writers and editors than Rick Hertzberg. In a recent interview in Radar, Hertzberg offers some surprising perspectives.
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The GOP's 20% Problem — How do candidates distance themselves from Bush without alienating his die-hards? — Fred Thompson gives "a very incoherent and not very concise stump speech," peaked months ago, and is the campaign's "biggest dud." Mitt Romney has "an authenticity problem"; he is "almost too mechanical about the issues."
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Dinner with the Antichrist — Last evening I attended a reception and dinner in Washington for evangelical Christian leaders, which is not an unusual event here. But the topic and, especially, the main speaker would seem highly unusual to many. The event, called "A Global Leaders Forum …
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An 'error' is not the same thing as an error — A UK High Court judge has rejected a lawsuit by political activist Stuart Dimmock to ban the showing of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in British schools. Justice Burton agreed that … There were nine points where Burton decided …
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TEHRAN'S PRICE FOR 'SOLIDARITY' — MULLAHS SEEK USEFUL MARXIST IDIOTS — ANXIOUS to create what they call "a global progressive front," Presidents Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are sponsoring projects to underline "the ideological kinship of the left and revolutionary Islam."
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