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11:20 AM ET, October 12, 2007

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Doug Mellgren / Associated Press:
Gore, U.N. body win Nobel Peace Prize  —  OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Gore's Nobel boosts talk of White House run  —  Former Vice President Al Gore Jr. was named joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his environmental activism, likely increasing pressure from his supporters for him to enter the Democratic race for the White House.
Washington Post:
Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize  —  Former vice president Al Gore and a United Nations panel that monitors climate change were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for their work educating the world about global warming and advocating for political action to control it.
Nobelprize.org:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge …
Damian Thompson / Telegraph:
What has Al Gore done for world peace?  —  Today we will learn whether Al Gore has won the Nobel peace prize.  As someone who cares passionately about climate change, I'll be saying a little prayer.  That he doesn't win, of course.  —  The former US Vice-President has already taken …
Walter Gibbs / New York Times:
Gore and U.N. Panel Win Peace Prize  —  The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to Al Gore, the former American vice president, and to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for their work to alert the world to the threat of global warming.
CNN:
Gore shares Nobel Peace Prize with U.N. panel  —  (CNN) — Former Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work to raise awareness about global warming.  —  In a statement, Gore said he was …
Eric Pooley / Time:
Gore Wins the Nobel.  But Will He Run?  —  For the past year, Al Gore has gone about his considerable business without showing much interest in running for president.  While picking up an Oscar and an Emmy, publishing a very smart book and playing host at a global concert for the planet, he's never done more than tease the idea.
Al Gore / Al's Journal:
I am deeply honored  —  I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.  This award is even more meaningful because I have the honor of sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — the world's pre-eminent scientific body devoted to improving our understanding …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Mondale to endorse Clinton  —  Former Vice President Walter Mondale, the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee, is planning to endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), The Hill has learned.  —  Mondale's endorsement could prove especially valuable in Iowa, which borders his home state of Minnesota.
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Keith Olbermann / MSNBC:
Up close and personal with Sen. Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Firedoglake and Los Angeles Times
CNN:
Nobel likely to increase pressure on Gore to run
Discussion: New York Magazine
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Gore ignores calls for '08 White House bid
Discussion: ABC News, ABCNEWS and MSNBC
Bill Neikirk / The Swamp:
Al Gore wins the Nobel, campaign draft calling
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:   CHANGING THE CLIMATE, ONE WINNER AT A TIME
New York Times:
Watchdog of C.I.A. Is Subject of C.I.A. Inquiry  —  The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, has ordered an unusual internal inquiry into the work of the agency's inspector general, whose aggressive investigations of the C.I.A.'s detention and interrogation programs …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Sliming Graeme Frost  —  Two weeks ago, the Democratic response to President Bush's weekly radio address was delivered by a 12-year-old, Graeme Frost.  Graeme, who along with his sister received severe brain injuries in a 2004 car crash and continues to need physical therapy …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Relations Sour Between Shiites and Iraq Militia  —  In a number of Shiite neighborhoods across Baghdad, residents are beginning to turn away from the Mahdi Army, the Shiite militia they once saw as their only protector against Sunni militants.  Now they resent it as a band of street thugs without ideology.
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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
9 children killed in U.S. raid in Iraq
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
Income-Inequality Gap Widens  —  Boom in Financial Markets  —  Parallels Rise in Share  —  For Wealthiest Americans  —  The richest Americans' share of national income has hit a postwar record, surpassing the highs reached in the 1990s bull market, and underlining the divergence …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Great Navigator  —  Bill Clinton's greatest domestic achievement, aside from abolishing welfare, was free trade.  The crown jewel was the North American Free Trade Agreement.  He got that through Congress over sustained union opposition in 1993.  Monday, Sen. Hillary Clinton proposed …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Liberal Base Proves Trying to Democrats  —  Of the three most recognizable Barneys in America, one is a singing purple dinosaur, another is a prehistoric cartoon character and the third is a gay congressman from Massachusetts.  —  Representative Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat …
 
 
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