Research Quest 

This weeks research quest was to find out why Al Gore recently sold his TV network to Al Jazeera.
From my searching the best website I came across was that of:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/07/opinion/kurtz-gore-al-jazeera/index.html

This CNN Opinion talks about how Al Gore has been crazy with choosing the sell the network, especially to Al Jazeera.  They believe that they will have people to watch this network with the new owners, however they are worried with what information they want to share with the public; believing that they are not giving the real truth, or just showing what will make news. Al Jazeera is an Arabic news station that has more recently created a Al Jazeera English channel.

However, the real reason on why Al Gore was so determined to sell this network before the new year was because he didn't want to have to pay the taxes that were due to raise by Obama's tax hike.  The sale was not finalized until January 2nd, meaning he still has to pay the new taxes.  Even though he did not make the date, this did not matter because he still made a great deal of money off of his sale.