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Former Vice President Al Gore stepped forward to endorse Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for president on Monday night -- an attention-grabbing event that came as no surprise but renewed the speculation about whether they might form a joint ticket. Obama's first campaign appearance with Gore, at the Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit, came after Gore announced his support in a blog item on his website, AlGore.com.

Last year it was about the candidates. This year it's the climate. Former Vice President Al Gore made a surprise appearance Saturday at the Netroots Nation conference, a gathering of nearly 2,000 left-leaning bloggers and political organizers. He urged the activists to mobilize for global climate protection, amplifying his call to generate all the nation's electricity from renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal energy in 10 years.

Al Gore will return to the state that cost him the 2000 presidential election today to campaign for Barack Obama, the first time he has hit the trail for the Democratic nominee. Gore is expected to urge supporters at rallies in West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale to vote early, said Obama's Florida campaign director, Steve Schale. "Nobody knows better that every single vote counts -- especially in Florida -- than Vice President Al Gore," he said.

The ghost of Democrats' dashed hopes in 2000, former Vice President Al Gore, urged Florida supporters of Barack Obama on Friday to take advantage of early voting -- and to take nothing for granted. "Take it from me -- elections matter. Every vote matters," Gore said.

The school board in this Seattle suburb has restricted showings of Al Gore's movie on global warming, including requiring that it be balanced with an adequate opposing viewpoint. The board also required that Supt. Tom Murphy approve when the former vice president's film, "An Inconvenient Truth," could be presented. The decision was sparked by complaints from parents who said their child was taking the film as fact after viewing it at school.

Al Gore said Canada's new plan to reduce greenhouse gases was "a complete and total fraud." Gore said the plan, announced Thursday, did not specify how Canada would achieve a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. He said it also allows industries that are increasing production to pollute more if they use emissions-cutting technologies.

Like an actor polished by constant interviews on a marathon movie junket, vice president turned Hollywood darling Al Gore has mastered the art of (not) answering the most obvious question: Is he running for president in 2008? "I'm not trying to be coy or glib in any way," he says coyly during an interview this week in Beverly Hills. "I have no plans or intentions or expectations of running." Really? Are you sure? You mean you'll never run again?

The son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested early Wednesday in Orange County on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs, the latest in a series of incidents with law enforcement agencies in recent years. Albert Gore III was taken into custody about 2:15 a.m. after Orange County sheriff's deputies stopped him for driving about 100 mph on the southbound Interstate 5 in Laguna Niguel.

Former Vice President Al Gore said Thursday that he was glad his son was safe and getting treatment a day after the 24-year-old was arrested in Orange County on suspicion of illegally possessing marijuana and prescription drugs. "We love him very much," Gore told NBC's "Today" show, adding, "We are going to leave it as a private matter." Gore, who appeared on NBC to publicize this weekend's Live Earth concerts, also briefly discussed politics.

washington -- Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize set the political world abuzz Friday with speculation that he might finally join the 2008 race for president. All signs suggest otherwise. The former vice president made no comment on whether the Nobel had sparked his interest anew in a campaign for the White House. But Gore, 59, has laid no groundwork to build the vast organization needed to run for president. He has repeatedly said he has no plans to run for public office again.