Al Gore and wife Tipper to separate (The Newsroom)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/yahoonewsroom/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100601/ts_ynews/ynews_ts2328"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100601/i/r131848099.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=pk2v55txukutWNPB.gpeaw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore (R) and his wife Tipper arrive to attend the Nobel Banquet at the Grand Hotel in Oslo in this December 10, 2007 photograph. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have announced their separation after 40 years of marriage according to media reports on June 1, 2010. REUTERS/Sara Johannessen/Scanpix/Files (NORWAY) NORWAY OUTSIDE. NO COMMERCIAL EMPLOY" border="0" /></a>The Newsroom - The Gores have been a very public couple throughout the former vice president's political career. Tipper was a regular public presence in Al Gore's political campaigns, and appeared prominently in "An Inconvenient Truth," the documentary about Al Gore's efforts to educate the nation about the dangers of global warming. The two much had a well-known and much-discussed smooch at the 2000 Democratic convention.</p><br clear="all"/> More information: click here