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Jonathan Petre / Daily Mail:
Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995 — The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information.
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Jonathan Leake / Times of London:
World may not be warming, say scientists — The United Nations climate panel faces a new challenge with scientists casting doubt on its claim that global temperatures are rising inexorably because of human pollution. — In its last assessment the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …
Reuters:
U.N. climate panel admits Dutch sea level flaw — OSLO (Reuters) - The U.N. panel of climate experts overstated how much of the Netherlands is below sea level, according to a preliminary report on Saturday, admitting yet another flaw after a row last month over Himalayan glacier melt.
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Boston Globe:
Professor accused in Ala. slayings shot her brother in Mass. 24 years ago — BRAINTREE — The University of Alabama biology professor accused of slaying three of her colleagues fatally shot her brother in Massachusetts more than two decades ago, a local police chief said today …
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New York Times:
A Previous Shooting Death at the Hand of Alabama Suspect — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The neurobiologist accused of killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, on Friday fatally shot her brother in 1986 in suburban Boston, and the police there are now questioning whether …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CONFUSION-BASED RAGE.... National Review published a couple of items recently about President Obama having cut taxes for 95% of working families. This is, in reality, what happened, but the conservative magazine was incredulous. “If the taxes of 95 percent of Americans actully [sic] …
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Las Vegas Sun:
Tea Party to field candidate in battle for Harry Reid's Senate seat — Sun columnist Jon Ralston is reporting that the Tea Party has qualified as a third party in Nevada and will have a candidate in the Senate race to battle for the seat held by Majority Leader Harry Reid.
New York Times:
Wall St. Helped Greece to Mask Debt Fueling Europe's Crisis — Wall Street tactics akin to the ones that fostered subprime mortgages in America have worsened the financial crisis shaking Greece and undermining the euro by enabling European governments to hide their mounting debts.
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Biden: Cheney ‘trying to rewrite history’ — Vice President Joe Biden hurtled a stinging critique at former Vice President Dick Cheney, rejecting his predecessor's assertions that the Obama administration is soft on terrorism. — In an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press,” Biden said Cheney …
Pubradiopolitics / State House Sound Bites:
A few minutes with Joe the Plumber — Joe the Plumber (aka Samuel J.Wurzelbacher) headlined state Representative Sam Rohrer's Mobilize for Liberty event in Harrisburg today, giving the Berks County lawmaker his support a few hours after Rohrer mustered just a dozen votes …
Rep. Aaron Schock / New York Times:
Meet the Press guest list for February 14, 2010 — VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN — HOST, msnbc's “THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW” — FMR. REP. HAROLD FORD JR. (D-TN) — Vice President Joe Biden says he thinks the U.S. will experience more attempted terror attacks like the one on Christmas Day.
Farah Stockman / Boston Globe:
Delahunt says he might be the next to go — ORLEANS - US Representative William Delahunt said yesterday that he is considering retiring from his congressional seat representing the South Shore and Cape Cod, although he portrayed his deliberations as routine and said they are not related …