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‘The babies being born in America today are the luckiest crop in history.’

Warren Buffett, billionaire investor, writing in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders that the U.S. economy is in far better shape than the candidates for President warn

‘This feels great.’

Scott Kelly, American astronaut, upon landing back on Earth after he spent almost a year in space

1,484

Miles away from home that a Wisconsin cat was found in Florida

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The decline in Japan’s population from 2010 to 2015, the latest sign of the country’s aging crisis

‘I’m here at the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the White People’s Choice Awards.’

Chris Rock, comedian and host of the Oscars, opening his monologue by directly addressing the controversy over the lack of diversity among the Oscar nominees

Starbucks

The coffee chain is opening its first location in Italy

GOOD WEEK

BAD WEEK

Twitter

The company has lost more than $2 billion since its launch a decade ago

‘For some of us, principle and country still matter.’

Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard executive and former finance co-chair of Republican Chris Christie’s suspended presidential campaign, condemning Christie’s endorsement of front runner Donald Trump as “an astonishing display of political opportunism” and calling Trump “unfit to be President”

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Boxes of cookies two Girl Scouts sold outside a New Mexico marijuana dispensary; a Scout leader later said that location is against Scout rules

‘Ms. Eisenstein, one question.’

Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Justice, breaking an unprecedented decadelong stretch of not asking a single question during oral arguments; he finally chimed in to ask federal-government lawyer Ilana Eisenstein about a case involving domestic-violence convictions and gun rights