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The potential Democratic Party contest between 89-year-old Sen. Frank Lautenberg and 43-year-old Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker had been shaping up to be a generational battle royale. Alas, it won't happen now that Lautenberg has announced that he won't run for re-election in 2014.

A Vatican spokesman denied that had anything to do with Benedict XVI's decision to step down. But the revelation came just two days after the spokesman said the pope underwent a secret operation late last year to replace the battery for a pacemaker.

SAT Analogies — This game might bring back fuzzy memories of that 800 you scored on the SAT Verbal — or horrific nightmares of showing up to the exam without a pencil. Either way, John Chaneski quizzes contestants with analogies that we hope are a little friendlier.

Here at Ask Me Another, we're a little obsessed with this hit British series, if not for the hats alone. Dowager Countess-in-training Jonathan Coulton doles out these Downton-inspired clues about famous people with "royal" names.

Comedian. Writer. Twitter sensation. Our V.I.P. this week may be the most media-savvy provocateur around today. Not one to sugarcoat a message, his latest book finds the sweet spot that mixes satire with a discussion of race and identity.

He was in his late 50s. She was in her late 40s. Louis and Harriet Caplan talk about how they became a couple at a stage in life when most people give up on falling in love, and about making the most of their time together.

Gov. Sam Brownback plans to get rid of Kansas' income tax and cut the size of state government. Some lawmakers say it's a great experiment that will show that lower tax rates and streamlined bureaucracy can stimulate growth; others are concerned about overreaching.

The clock is ticking on the sequester. That's the Washington term for the across the board spending cuts that will take effect March 1st unless Congress acts to put them off.

Several anti-violence activists have been calling for President Obama to visit his hometown after a series of deadly incidents involved guns. They want to hear the president's plans to curb a gun problem many consider an epidemic.

Women from around the globe held rallies on Valentine's Day to take up the cause of ending sexual violence. A demonstration in New Delhi is particularly poignant following the fatal gang-rape of a 23-year-old student.