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[Jeanette in FL]

Oscar for Al Gore global warming film
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_gore_13
AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 7:25 AM
Former Vice President Al Gore used the success of his documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth" to expand his efforts to educate people about global warming — and to tell a few jokes.

Kathleen Reardon: Why Would Al Gore Run For President?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_gore_13
HuffingtonPost - Feb 26 7:48 AM
With all the shameful, empty bantering in Congress about who is patriotic and courageous, there is among potential Presidential candidates one who truly would be both were he to throw his hat in the ring. That person is Al Gore. This is a man we hardly knew when he ran for President and then won only to lose. He has changed the world for the better without being President. He has grown before ...

Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' Wins at Oscars
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,254560,00.html
Fox News - Feb 25 9:55 PM
The documentary that turned former vice president Al Gore's power-point presentation on global warming into an engaging and entertaining film won the Oscar Sunday night.

Satire: Al Gore's Oscar Strategy at the 2007 Academy Awards
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/02/26/130938.php
Blogcritics.org - 44 minutes ago
Al Gore is one smart guy. He ensured yesterday that the playing field (the 20+ field of presidential wannabes) was drastically reduced to maybe five. Yeah, only those of strong heart remain (and Obama, because he believes that he is virtually untouchable due to Geffen's support. Ah, for the naivete of the inexperienced!), thus making it a more-or-less obstacle-free run for Gore to enter the ...

Brent Budowsky: Thank You Al Gore
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brent-budowsky/thank-you-al-gore_b_42071.html
HuffingtonPost - Feb 25 3:32 PM
Al Gore is the most qualified person in America to bring peace between the Hollywood moguls attending the fundraisers of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Al Gore is the most qualified person in America to bring peace to the Middle East. Imagine a world where an American President is again the leader of the free world. Where our commander in chief has the experience to wage war, but the ...

Al Gore Wins Best Documentary For "An Inconvenient Truth"
http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/al-gore-wins-best-documentary-for-an-inconvenient-truth/79919.htm
WKRN Nashville - Feb 26 6:32 AM
The big winners of Sunday night’s Academy Awards included former Vice President Al Gore . “An Inconvenient Truth” won Best Documentary and Melissa Etheridge’s song for the documentary, “I Need to Wake Up” also took home a gold statue. | | Gore, along with Leonardo DiCaprio, announced the production and everything...


Al Gore documentary on global warming wins Oscar and lots of laughs for former veep
http://www.startribune.com/1553/story/1025246.html
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Feb 25 9:40 PM
LOS ANGELES "An Inconvenient Truth," the documentary that turned former vice president Al Gore's power-point presentation on global warming into an engaging and entertaining film, won the Oscar Sunday night. The best-documentary win was a triumph for Gore, who has kept a sense of humor about his loss in the 2000 election that was decided in George W. Bush's favor by a U.S. Supreme Court decision. ...

Hollywood embraces Al Gore and 'Truth'
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070226-125219-5756r.htm
The Washington Times - Feb 25 10:16 PM
"An Inconvenient Truth," former Vice President Al Gore's movie about climate change, won the Oscar for best documentary last night, thrusting the former Democratic politician under a bright spotlight.

For Al Gore, an evening of triumph, laughs
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Feb/26/il/FP702260321.html
Honolulu Advertiser - Feb 26 6:04 AM
The best-documentary win for "An Inconvenient Truth" was a triumph for Al Gore, who has kept a sense of humor about his loss in the 2000 election that was decided in George W. Bush's favor by a U.S. Supreme Court decision.