(2007-02-28) — Oscar-winning filmmaker Al Gore today expanded his call for Americans to reduce their output of greenhouse gases — the so-called carbon-footprint — adding a demand to cut the rate of adult-onset obesity, which he termed “your gluteal fatprint.”
Speaking to fellow Oscar winners who flew in to Nashville last night for a banquet at [...]

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(2007-02-23) — Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who dropped his White House bid earlier today, said he may re-enter the race for the Democrat nomination on the strength of a surge in name-recognition spawned by his withdrawal.
“I got more press today by dropping out than I’ve had since I entered the race,” said Mr. Vilsack. [...]

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(2007-02-23) — Democrats in the Senate plan to introduce a measure next week to repeal the 2002 Iraq war authorization, and Republicans have already announced they’re willing to discuss the bill in exchange for Democrat support of a measure repealing the 1935 Social Security Act.
Democrats said circumstances have changed in the past five years — [...]

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(2007-02-23) — In a breakthrough that could end the nuclear standoff between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the so-called “rational world”, U.S. President George Bush said today that his country is willing to let Russia build 37 Chernobyl-style nuclear reactors throughout Iran.
Mr. Bush also offered to allow open sharing of Chernobyl-class technology between Russia and [...]

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(2007-02-22) — Oscar-nominated filmmaker Al Gore today agreed with fellow Hollywood mogul David Geffen and other supporters of presidential candidate Barack Obama that Sen. Hillary Clinton is an “incredibly polarizing figure”, but said global climate change will make her “more temperate” by the time she assumes the presidency in 2009.
“Clearly, a chill wind now blows [...]

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Scott Ott, editor-in-chief of ScrappleFace.com, will visit The Pat Campbell Morning Show on WFLA-540AM (Orlando), Thursday morning between 8:05 and 8:20 a.m. You can listen online.
UPDATE: Podcast of Scott’s time on The Pat Campbell Morning Show slated to be posted later today (2/22).
Meanwhile, Scott’s moment of fame on The Michael Koolidge Show on President’s Day [...]

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(2007-02-21) — Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that British troops would begin to withdraw from Iraq because they had accomplished their primary mission of “getting Saddam’s oil.”
A fleet of hundreds of British tankers, bearing millions of barrels of “liberated” Iraqi petroleum have begun making their way from the Persian Gulf back to Great Britain, [...]

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