European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                12 stars and stripes july 2007 Gores kid but How about that car son of Green crusader was going 105 Mph in hybrid Toyota Prius by Dan Neil los Angeles times As yet another tale of celebrity spawn gone the arrest wednesday of Albert Gore Iii son of the former vice president on suspicion of drug Possession was Rou Tine except for rather min blowing detail Gore was clocked in a Blue Toyota Prius hybrid travelling on the southbound Golden state freeway interstate 5 in or Ange in excess of 100 one Hundred and said Orange county sheriff spokesman Jim i think if s slightly downhill the former vice president on thursday declared his love for his said Alberthi was receiving treatment and added that the family was going to leave it As a Pri vate which was just As the not was the Gores cruel caning of Toyota Green Erth Anthou hybrid powered by a Small four Cylinder engine and electric motor that together produce about 125 he rip pled through talk radio and the blog sphere Many were simply How in the world do you get a Toyota Prius to go 100 Mph without a Cliff to go Over asked Rush Lim others wondered if the Epi Sode rep resented some kind o viral Market ing coup for everybody must realize the incredible serendipity effect the Al Gore Actu ally in Toyota Prius going 100 Mph Story will have on this car said one of Doz ens of posters on a heavily trafficked Prius Cha com web if Toyota is  have a specially prepared Prius Pace car for the next indy the Prius the unofficial Merit badge of environmentally conscious californians and officially the most Buelef Focient car on the Road is capable of going even according to Mike spokesman for but the which an is to uses electric Speed limited to 103 Mph avoid depleting the it can go 103 Mph he at least until the Gas runs a Check of statistics compiled by car and Driver Magazine suggests that the slowest car on the Road is not the but the hair chested am general Hummer with a top Speed of Only 88 the question Why is the Prius such a screaming hot Rod in its a re Flection of the state of the automotive tech which As it has raised benchmarks for safety and Comfort has also driven perhaps absolute performance if i went 100 Mph in my 1983 Oldsmobile Delta it would probably shake its bolts said Russ spokesman for the insurance Institute for Highway cars Are much better another Factor is the increasingly globalized car the Prius has to meet Driver expectations in where the High ways have higher Speed limits and in some no limit at but for Prius the Gore affair underscores a Point they have tried to make All along efficiency is just another Way to spell now theres proof positive the Prius can wrote a poster on at least the washers cant say the car is Pokey or t live Silvia women take their photo by a live Earth concert advertisement thursday in Rio de concert trying to stay eco Friendly by Paul Burkhardt the associated press new York it is an Uphill Battle for Green themed live Earth organizers to pull off conceits around the world in the name of curbing global warming while avoiding their own contribution to Landfill and emissions from the animal lovers have already complained that the meaty food sold on the sidelines is cruel and wastes live Earth was founded by former vice president Al Gore and conceit producer Kevin Wall to raise awareness about the global Issue by interlacing its message through Over 100 acts Over the course of 24 hours on this is going to be the greenest event of its Gore the Carbon offsets and the innovative practices that Are being used to make this a Green i will set the Standard for years to but despite the considerable lengths organizers have gone to in order to Many the global events methods with its they have been called hypocrites by including a member of the live Earth on saturday will hold eight concerts that bring together More than 150 acts to perform for Aren size audiences from Australia to new Jer any event of such magnitude is bound to create trash and use Gas and some have claimed this con Gore to to addicts live earths Green goal of raising aware Ness for climate the last thing the planet needs is a Jock con who Lead Singer Roger Daltrey recently told a British while vendors at the locations Are expected to offer vegetarian fare along with Standard stadium menus and use comp stable one group does not see in a letter to the Vendor management of new Jer Seys giants people for the ethical treat ment of animals raised the Issue of greenhouse gases created by raising animals for Selling meat at a concert to Benefit the Environ ment would be like Selling cigarettes at an anticancer said the letter from Matt Petas vegan Campaign Western states continue to roast the associated press Idaho when the Mer Cury hit Rick Overton took his colleagues tubing on the Boise thinking it  get much a Day parts of the West were in for a Little but not everywhere Boise was expected to hit 107 degrees once it gets that High it just feels said a copywriter for the Digi Tal marketing firm warnings of excessive heat were still posted Friday morning for much of Oregon and Washington the Southwest was expected to Cool off said weather service meteorologist Jamie the High pressure system that has been stubbornly parked Over Southern California is on a weak ening allowing tempera Tures to Cool Down to seasonable Meier for California firefighters who have been trying to put Down a Blaze in the rugged canyons above Santa the cooler forecast could Only sound four had to be treated for heat exhaustion on its a matter of too much work and too much said Santa Barbara county fire Eli temperatures climbed so High across much of the West on thurs Day that authorities warned Resi dents of Southern South Eastern California and Northwest Ern Arizona that outdoor activities could be dangerous except during the cooler Early morning Phoenix reached 115 degrees reached 125 de at the big boy restaurant in which has a 134foottall thermometer there was a run on cold general Man Ager Enrique Munoz we had actually had to hire an extra Shaker just to make he even which at More than feet Elevation is routinely the coldest place in the lower 48 was seeing record the National weather service the Remote town in the saw tooth mountains reached 92 de Grees and was expected to hit 93 degrees floods continue to plague Eastern Texas Texas another round of heavy rain drenched parts of Eastern Texas Early flooding roads and stranding at least one Driver on top of his authorities the Man was rescued by new Summerfield fire department Volun Teers after his pickup stalled on a flooded Road in Cherokee Dis Patcher Mike Carter emergency officials braced for More of the flooding that has severely damaged or destroyed Homes and killed 13 state emergency management chief Jack Cofiey said All of Texas major River basins Are at flood the first time that has happened since major flooding was forecast on the Guadalupe River in Vic Toria and Calhoun where it was expected to Crest near Bloomington at just Over 27 feet Early flood stage is 20 from the associated press