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THE WEEK

TRAGEDY HIT THE PHILIPPINES

‘The President should … let them keep what they’ve got.’

BILL CLINTON, after millions of Americans’ health care plans were canceled for not complying with the Affordable Care Act; President Obama had promised in 2009 that Americans could keep existing plans they liked

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Dimensions, in feet (6 by 24 m), of a sinkhole that opened in the middle of a street in Chicago

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Bridesmaids a woman named Nisansala tapped for her wedding in Sri Lanka, setting a Guinness World Record

‘Is a conservative in New Jersey a conservative in the rest of the country?’

RICK PERRY, governor of Texas, questioning whether Chris Christie could successfully run for President in 2016

Netflix

A new report said it’s used 10 times as often as Amazon Instant Video and Hulu combined

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BAD WEEK

Blockbuster

Will close all remaining brick-and-mortar locations by January

‘WE ARE NOT BLIND, AND I DON’T THINK WE ARE STUPID.’

JOHN KERRY, U.S. Secretary of State, vowing to remain both skeptical of Iran’s nuclear program–especially after recent negotiations fell through–and alert to the danger it could pose to other countries, particularly Israel

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Pounds (82,380 kg) of salad and wraps recalled by a California catering company after they were cited as a possible source of an E. coli outbreak

‘It’s better to look strong and healthy.’

JENNIFER LAWRENCE, explaining why she won’t lose weight to play Katniss, the heroine of the Hunger Games movies, who she knows is a role model to many girls

‘Our house is like a skeleton, and we are running out of food and water.’

JENNY CHU, of Leyte, Philippines, after Typhoon Haiyan hit, flattening cities and leaving at least 2,000 dead

Sources: Sydney Morning Herald, BBC, This Week, OZY, Meet the Press

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