By Adam Tod Brown Published: April 16th, 2014 "Children are the future" is a phrase that's taken on an increasingly terrifying meaning as the years have passed. After all, it used to refer to people like us who would grow up to do great and amazing things. Now, it refers to the kind of people w

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A ferry carrying about 459 people, including 325 students, sank off South Korea. Four bodies have been found and 164 people have been rescued. "The water was so cold and I wanted to live," a student says.

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Why Bloomberg’s new gun-control push won’t be easyFormer New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s announcement that he’ll spend some $50 million -- this year alone -- to build a grassroots network to counter the National Rifle Association faces three key challenges.

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A lot of time has passed since Cyndi Lauper released her breakthrough blockbuster album "She's So Unusual" — 30 years, in fact. But time, and tunes such as 1984's "Time After Time," have been kind to the singer, who visited TODAY Wednesday.

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The two little girls vanished nearly 40 years ago, their disappearance long faded from the public consciousness, their names etched in a stone marker their hope-sapped parents placed in a local cemetery.

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Exercise appears to slow and even reverse the effects of aging on the skin.

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After two days of massive speculation Australian hard rock pioneers AC/DC have shot down rumors[...]

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Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, said that gun control advocates had to learn from the National Rifle Association and punish those politicians who fail to support their agenda.

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Valerie Harper is "absolutely cancer-free," she told Closer magazine.

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Former "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" star Christopher Meloni teams up with Dean Norris ("Breaking Bad," "Under the Dome") in their new flick "Small Time." The actors stopped by TODAY Wednesday to talk about the film, but it didn't take long for another topic to take center stage.

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