The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named Al Gore a belated recipient of a 2007 MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called “Genius Grant.” A spokesperson for the Foundation explained, “We wanted to wait until after the Nobel Peace Prize was announced before we went public with Al Gore as a late addition to our Fellows Program.”
Later in the day, Al Gore, on a sheer whim, bought a Megamillions Powerball lottery ticket–and won! He is splitting the $237 million with Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, whose lucky numbers came up for the fourth time.
To celebrate his incredible good fortune, Al Gore went golfing with Tiger Woods–and miraculously scored a hole-in-one on the 18th hole to beat Tiger by a single stroke.
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