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...controversy cannot be "swept under the carpet," promising also that the U.N. body will examine the e-mails independently. But global-warming skeptics have already declared victory. "It appears from the details of the scandal that there is no relationship whatsoever between human activities and climate change," said Mohammed Al-Sabban, Saudi Arabia's lead climate negotiator, according to the BBC. (Watch TIME's video "The Icy Clues to Global Warming...
...were dismissive of skeptics, often in harsh terms, but that's not unusual for scientists. Science is a rough arena, as anyone who has ever survived a doctoral examination knows, and scientists aren't shy about attacking ideas they believe are wrong - especially in private communication. Still, Jones et al. could have been more open and accepting of their critics, and if it turns out that e-mails were deleted in response to the Freedom of Information request for data, heads should roll. (Jones maintains that no e-mails or documents were deleted...
...drove a bus eight hours a day in New York City. A lot of people have far harder jobs than I have. Wake Up with Al on the Weather Channel starts at 6 a.m. I get up at 3:15; I'm in the office by 4:45. It helps me in a way, because I've already been doing the weather for an hour by the time I get to the Today show...
...watch a video interview with Al Roker and to subscribe to the 10 Questions podcast on iTunes, go to time.com/10questions
...Al-Qaeda Threat Requires a Ground War Obama made the threat of al-Qaeda's returning on the back of a Taliban victory the primary rationale for escalating the war in Afghanistan. But as many have pointed out, al-Qaeda doesn't need sanctuaries in order to plot terrorist attacks, and its leadership core is based in the neighboring tribal areas of Pakistan - which means that 100,000 U.S. troops are now being committed to a mission whose goal is to prevent a few hundred men from re-establishing a base of operations...