Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The Reich Stuff Al Gore is comparing the fight against climate change to the struggle against Nazis in World War II. The former vice president told an environmental forum in England that the world lacks the political will to act. Gore encouraged …
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9 November
Capt. Phillips Could Make Millions – Or Next to Nothing – From Pirate Ordeal
Capt. Chelsea “Sully” Sullenberger landed his US Airways plane in the middle of New York’s Hudson River in January without losing a soul in the process, and less than two months later, he landed another whopper: A two-book deal worth $3.2 million. So what’s afloat for the recently-rescued Capt. Richard …
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9 November
Why We're Covering Tea Party Protest
You might have heard we’re going to be out in Sacramento a week from today to cover this tea party protest. You might also have heard a lot of other news organizations are not. I know why we’re there. I’m not quite sure why they’re not. Apparently these populist protests …
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9 November
Recession of Trust
We talk about our long-term economic troubles on my show. But I always thought our bigger, short-term problem is a recession of trust. We’re lying to each other. We’re lying to ourselves. That was the theme of Monday’s show: We have to be able to tell each other the truth. …
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9 November
Weather Looks Good for Monday Shuttle Launch
Final preparations are under way for NASA’s planned launch next week of the space shuttle Atlantis to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The weather looks promising for the shuttle’s planned liftoff May 11 at 2:01 p.m. EDT (1802 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Shuttle …
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9 November
Some Global Warming Researchers Are Cutting One of Their Doomsday Forecasts In Half
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Educated Guessing Scientists have cut in half their prediction of how much sea levels could rise if Antarctica’s western ice sheets melt due to global warming. The journal Science reports water levels would rise about 11 feet, rather than around 20. Scientists …
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9 November
Trouble Inside the Democratic Party?
As you know, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are the two most powerful Democrats in the country — next to President Obama, of course. Well Tuesday, speaking after their meeting with the president about Afghanistan, there was this display: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. …
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9 November
Why the Health Care Reform Debate Has Been So Difficult
If you are wondering why President Obama and his congressional allies are finding health care reform, and much of the rest of his agenda such heavy lifting, look no farther than the Gallup poll out today. It finds 40 percent of Americans call themselves conservatives, 36 percent say they are …
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9 November
Is Flight 447's 'Fly-by-Wire' Aircraft Technology Safe?
As investigators search for clues to why Air France Flight 447 crashed, former pilots and aviation experts are debating whether the “fly-by-wire” technology in modern aircraft makes it difficult or impossible for a pilot to control a plane in distress. The Airbus A330-200 that crashed into the Atlantic on May …
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9 November
The Truth About Testicular Cancer
Did you know that almost 9,000 American men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer this year, and 360 of those will die because they didn’t take the time to find out more about it? Don’t be a statistic. Find out all you can to keep your family jewels healthy. What …
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