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2016 Starts Now
Five potential Republican presidential candidates — Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Paul Ryan, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Gov. Chris Christie, and Sen. Marco Rubio — addressed activists at a yearly conservative gathering, providing a preview of what's to come in the next presidential race
Putin Foe: 'He Likes to Lie'
Ex-Georgian president tells TIME the U.S. State Department knew since January that Ukrainian President Yanukovych was going to be ousted
Senate Probed Over CIA Leaks
A long-running fight over George W. Bush's interrogation program has boiled over between the CIA and its overseers on Capitol Hill
Colorado Lawyers: Let Us Smoke Pot, Too
Legal professionals met at the Colorado Supreme Court to argue for rule changes that would explicitly allow attorneys to smoke pot and give weed-related legal advice without being reprimanded
Israel: We Intercepted Gaza-Bound Rocket Shipment
An Israeli source tells TIME that a cache of Iranian rockets — which could carry warheads with more than 300 pounds of explosives — bound for the Gaza Strip that Israel reportedly intercepted this week would have considerably improved militants' arsenals
Paul Ryan's New Target: Free School Lunches
The Wisconsin Republican who recently took aim at the War on Poverty said during his CPAC speech that the Obama administration's free school lunch program is offering Americans "a full stomach — and an empty soul"
Senate Blocks Military Sex Assault Bill
Legislation sponsored by New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand that would have taken military sexual assault cases outside the fighting forces' chain of command came up five votes short of advancement
Clone Wars: Flappy Bird Fakes Fill App Store
A new knockoff version of the popular mobile game that was pulled by its Vietnamese creator last month appears in Apple's App Store every 24 minutes, a sign that other developers are looking to cash in on the now-defunct game's sudden success
Don Draper's Back in New Mad Men Teaser
A clip from the critically-acclaimed AMC drama Mad Men, which is entering its final stretch beginning in April, shows Draper disembarking from a plane in a sunny locale as the song “Que Sera, Sera” plays, whetting fans' appetites but answering few questions
Free SAT Class Could Flunk Prep Companies
A new partnership between the College Board and Khan Academy offering free online test preparation following a recent major revamp of the SAT college entrance exam could upend traditionally lucrative tutoring businesses, such as Kaplan
Fighting Malaria Will Be an Uphill Battle, Literally
New research says that climate change will cause mosquitos to move into previously bug-free high-altitude territory, bringing the debilitating and often deadly disease with them as they climbs up warming hilly terrain
Outkast's Andre 3000 Playing Jimi Hendrix in New Biopic
A teaser clip of All Is By My Side, featuring the rapper portraying the late guitar legend, has been released online prior to the film's upcoming premiere at the South by Southwest music and arts festival in Austin, Texas next week
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Beautiful time lapse imagery shows Lake Superior and the rest of the Great Lakes freeze over during this year's brutally cold winter
