All eyes are on Norway to see who will get the most anticipated of the Nobel awards – the peace prize. We look at why they picked Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Also, a Brooklyn doctor is practicing medicine 2.0, by using Instant Messaging in his practice.
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And the winner is…
Nisid Hajari, foreign editor of Newsweek talks about Al Gore and the 2000 Scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change who were named this years winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Rick Klein, author of The Note at ABCNews.com, talks about how it will affect Gore's political career.
The e-Doctor Is In
Williamsburg doctor Jay Parkinson examines his new take on modern medicine--combining house calls with e-visits.
Following Up: Disastrous, Destructive or Disruptive?
Alan Ehrenhalt, executive editor of Governing magazine and author of The Lost City: The Forgotten Virtues of Community in America clears up what Hillary Clinton quoted him writing about "unfettered market forces" that came up in this week's Republican debate.
Paper or Plastic?
Kate Sinding, senior attorney with the NRDC's New York Urban Program, says "neither" is the ecologically sound answer.