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  • According to a climatologist at Austria's Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Europe's Alpine region is going through its warmest period in 1,300 years.

  • John Bolton has decided to leave his position as the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. before he is removed.

  • Lake Travis is at a 42-year low for the month of December.

  • It sounds like Illinois Senator Barack Obama likes New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's chances in the 2008 presidential race. Could there be a Clinton-Obama ticket in the future?

  • France is set to launch its state-funded 24/7 news channel, France 24.

  • The uber-rich are planning on evacuating the planet and leaving the global warming issue for us to resolve.

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