memeorandum: Climate scientists admit fresh error over data on rising sea levels (Robin McKie/Guardian)

10:50 AM ET, February 14, 2010

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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 …

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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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Robin McKie / Guardian:

Climate scientists admit fresh error over data on rising sea levels — Latest embarrassment comes as key sceptic Benny Peiser backs down in row over fabricated quote — Climate experts have been forced to admit another embarrassing error in their most recent report on the threat of climate change.

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

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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 …

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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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WCVB-TV:
U. Of Alabama Shooting Suspect Also Shot Brother In Mass.

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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 …

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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.

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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.

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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 …

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