Politico is reporting that Al and Tipper Gore are separating after 40 years of marriage.
The story is by Mike Allen, a veteran reporter who worked in the state Capitol press room for the New York Times in the days when the owners of the New England Patriots football team were talking about coming to downtown Hartford.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38001.html
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http://www.courant.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-us-gore-separation,0,1488266.story