Terror Act Used to Block Climate Activist's Trip

There's no real change from the Bush era, ex-VP complains

(NEWSER) - President Obama "has thus far failed to make the case for bold action on climate change," Al Gore complains in a massive op-ed for Rolling Stone . In the piece, Gore bemoans a political environment in which “what is true and what is false is being attacked relentlessly” and a media apparatus that has behaved like “an entertainer selling tickets to a phony wrestling match.” Politicians, he complains “fall into the same two categories: those who cheerlead for the deniers, and those who cower before them.” More»

User known only as 'El Shaheed' fueled protests

(NEWSER) - The protests rocking Egypt have been fueled in part by a man who died before they began: Khaled Said, who was reportedly killed by police last summer. That’s the name that heads a Facebook page that has been helping to organize the demonstrations—but the page’s creator, who goes by the name El Shaheed, or martyr, remains completely anonymous, Newsweek reports. “There is no name. There is no leader. It is purely about the thought,” says an activist. More»

Senator upset with No. 7 ranking

(NEWSER) - Sen. Jim Inhofe ranked No. 7 on Rolling Stone’s list of the “planet’s worst enemies,” and he’s hopping mad about it: He thinks he deserved to be first. “I should have been number one, not number 7,” the Oklahoma Republican tells the Tulsa World . “I am serious about that. I have spent now literally years on this thing, and it has been a long involved thing.” More»

Businessmen want Nobel winner to come for debate on issue

(NEWSER) - Two Alaska businessmen have brought back an ice sculpture mocking Al Gore and his climate beliefs for a second winter—with this year’s version using a pickup truck to pump exhaust through the mouth of “Frozen Gore” as hot air. Craig Compeau and Rudy Gavora plan to trot out the sculpture until the Nobel-winner comes to Fairbanks to talk about the issue, they tell the Daily News-Miner . More»

Terrorism trumped health care over vacation, and there's more

(NEWSER) - President Obama is back at the White House after an 11-day vacation in Hawaii, and he has his work cut out for him. USA Today runs down the most pressing issues awaiting the president in 2010.

• Terrorism: The attempted bombing of Flight 253 returned security to the top of the list. Some heads may roll after the near-catastrophe.