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Climategate: Al Gore Confronted in Chicago. Mixed reactions follow hacked e-mails


We have found video of Al Gore being confronted by a group known as We Are Change Chicago at a signing for his new book – “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis” (which has been proven to use fraudulent images via Photoshop to help his cause). Reports have surfaced that scientists involved with global warming have used fraudulent or incorrect data have added new twists to claims that global warming is caused by man and increased CO2 emissions.

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Freed U.S. Journalists Suspect they were ‘Lured into a Trap’


(CNN) — The two U.S. journalists released from North Korea last month after five months in captivity said “the psychological wounds of imprisonment are slow to heal.”

In a column posted on the Los Angeles Times Web site Tuesday night, Laura Ling and Euna Lee also said they were seized by North Korean soldiers on Chinese soil. They raised suspicions about their guide and wondered if they had been “lured into a trap.”

“We didn’t spend more than a minute on North Korean soil before turning back, but it is a minute we deeply regret,” they said. Read the full story

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Dan Pink: The Surprising Science of Motivation


Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.

Bidding adieu to his last “real job” as Al Gore’s speechwriter, Dan Pink went freelance to spark a right-brain revolution in the career marketplace. Full bio and more links

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North Korean Leader: Kim Jong II Meets with Bill Clinton


Bill Clinton

SEOUL, South Korea – Former President Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise visit to Pyongyang, holding “exhaustive” talks that covered a wide range of topics, state-run media said.

Clinton “courteously” conveyed a verbal message from President Barack Obama, the official Korean Central News Agency said in a report from Pyongyang. Kim expressed his thanks, and engaged Clinton in a “wide-ranging exchange of views on matters of common concern,” the report said. Read the full story

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