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Gore: Award Puts Focus on Global Warming

"I hope we have a chance to really kick into high gear."

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Ellen Goncher, 8, right, from Palo Alto, holds up former Vice President Al Gore's book just before Gore arrived for a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Gore won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the fight against global warming. He is sharing the honor with the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) (Paul Sakuma - AP)

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Borenstein reported from Washington. Leff reported from Palo Alto. Science Writer Malcolm Ritter in New York contributed to this report.

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