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Cheney stakes a confusing position on marriage equality

Michael Winterbottom doggedly excavates the innate sadness of his characters -- to the point of numbing his audience.

I spent years being the family confidant. Now that I've asserted my independence, why are they all so mad at me?

When the U.S. women's soccer team filed a wage discrimination complaint, Donovan threw the old "both sides" card

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