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THE TEA PARTY LOST SOME STEAM

'We cannot repeat the vicious cycle of the past, where North Korea's nuclear threats and provocations were met with rewards and coddling.'

PARK GEUN-HYE, President of South Korea, proclaiming that she will be tougher than her predecessors during negotiations

8.8 BILLION

Number of existing planets that are similar in size and temperature to Earth, according to a recent paper

'Yes, I am. But why should it matter?'

MIKE MICHAUD, U.S. Congressman from Maine, coming out as gay in an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News in advance of his 2014 run for governor;...

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