MailTribune.com: [Alarmist] Bradbury nearing race for governor

ASHLAND — Pointing to Oregon's need for a "reconfigured economy" — green energy and green building and sustainable agriculture programs — former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury said Saturday he is "very, very seriously considering" running for governor in 2010.
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Bradbury was in Ashland for Earth Day festivities and teachings at ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum. An advocate for environmental issues, Bradbury was trained in presenting former Vice President Al Gore's program "An Inconvenient Truth," which portrays the dangers of global warming.

Weather Talk: April just following trend of colder-than-average months | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

The return to chilly weather this weekend may be disappointing. But it should not have come as a surprise.

Our temperatures have been colder than average much of the time for most of the past year and a half.

The cold weather trend began in December 2007. That started a run of seven consecutive colder-than- average months that continued through last June.

July and August had temperatures close to average. September was a little warmer than average. October was about average. November was much above average. But every month since has been cold.