"To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible. It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage." — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton denouncing an anti-Islam video as the Obama administration sought to pre-empt further turmoil at its embassies and consulates.

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"It's a slippery slope. When does it stop? What comes next? This is my life. I should be able to do what I want." — Sebastian Lopez, a college student from Queens, after New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg cracked down on the sale of supersized sodas and other sugary drinks in an attempt to curb obesity.

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"It thundered and then it got dark as the ash began falling. It sounded like a pressure cooker that wouldn't stop." — Miriam Curumaco, a 28-year-old homemaker, after a long-simmering volcano in Guatemala exploded with a series of eruptions, leading to the evacuations of tens of thousands.

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