Mild Valley weather brews record clean-air year - Local - fresnobee.com

If the San Joaquin Valley violated the federal ozone standard every day for the rest of the summer, this still would be the cleanest season on record.

Cool weather in spring and early summer is the most obvious reason, but there is more to it than pleasant temperatures, say air quality experts.

Andrew Revkin on the Death of the Climate Bill | Mother Jones

in June 2009 but the measure lost momentum in the Senate. Is this the end of cap-and-trade? PBS Need to Know's Alison Stewart asks New York Times Dot Earth blogger Andrew Revkin to share his reporting on the subject to find out what happened and what might be next. [audio]

Crazed Sex Poodle Cleared of Assault Charges

Can't say I'm surprised. Having that "D" after your name pretty much gives you carte blanche to do as you please.

American Chronicle | Prosecutors will not pursue criminal case against Gore in alleged sex abuse of massage therapist

In her interview with police, Hagerty said she called Gore after the alleged assault because she worried he would complain to the hotel and would affect her business. She said she wanted Gore to take the event "to the dream world" so that he would be less likely to complain.
...Hagerty told police she believed she failed [the polygraph] because of the stressful setup of the test in a hotel room with a former FBI agent -- "a large and imposing man who yelled at her" asking the questions.
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Police interviewed several friends of Hagerty who confirmed they had heard some of the story in the past few years, although none was an eyewitness.

Gore, who met with detectives in San Francisco on July 22, denied all the allegations, saying he was "completely baffled" by her account, according to the police reports. Police also asked him about allegations in a subsequent National Enquirer report that said Gore made inappropriate sexual advances toward two other massage therapists in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Tokyo. Gore denied those accusations as well, the reports show.