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Be forewarned; Al Gore hasn't given up. He's going after public "consensus" on global warming before the public gets a strong enough whiff of the strengthening scientific and economic evidence against him. It has been reported that his far-left political (and environmental business PR) organization, the "Alliance for Climate Protection", will launch an ad campaign aimed at giving the impression that there is consensus among national and world leaders on "the climate problem." So far, not one probable participant reportedly involved in the campaign does not have a previous history of promoting far left politics. Among the participants meant...

On Sen. Barack Obama's new pledge to run a more aggressive campaign against Sen. Hillary Clinton -- asking what her national security credentials are, pushing her to release her tax returns -- Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson just said on a conference call with reporters: "I for one do not find that imitating Ken Starr is a way to win a Democratic primary election for president." - jpt UPDATE: I asked both campaigns for comment on Wolfson's remarks. Wolfson said that by making attacks on Sen. Clinton's openness (or lack thereof), her failure to release her tax returns even after...

They're the strong and the proud, but the Marines aren't free to stand on the streets of San Francisco. The Silent Drill Platoon of the U.S. Marine Corps wasn't allowed to be filmed Sept. 11 on California Street for a segment of its new advertising campaign, a Marine spokesman told FOXNews.com. Instead, the elite group took its austere display to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area for the final segment of its "America's Marines" TV commercial. The group is on a two-month nationwide tour as part of the campaign. Stefanie Coyote, the executive director of the San Francisco Film Commission,...

THE Iraqi port city of Basra, already prey to a nasty turf war between rival militia factions, has now been gripped by a scary rumour – giant badgers are stalking the streets by night, eating humans. The animals were allegedly released into the area by British forces. Local farmers have caught and killed several of the beasts, but this has done nothing to dispel the rumour.

THE tomb of the biblical King Herod the Great has been found, archeologists say. The final resting place of King Herod, who ruled Judea for the Roman empire from about 37BC, was found at the ruins of a magnificent palace he built near Jerusalem. King Herod was known for his role in the massacre of the innocents as described in the Gospel of Matthew, where he ordered the deaths of young males in Bethlehem to stop a new king of the Jews, whose birth had been prophesied by the three wise men. Herod was also known for expanding the second...

NEW YORK - An academic study of NBA officiating found that white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players, The New York Times reported in Wednesday's editions. The study by a University of Pennsylvania assistant professor and Cornell graduate student also found that black officials called fouls more frequently against white players than black, but noted that that tendency was not as pronounced. Justin Wolfers, an assistant professor of business and public policy at Penn's Wharton School, and Joseph Price, a Cornell graduate student in economics, said the difference in calls "is large...