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Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder: 'Bachmann Has Been An Outstanding, Fearless Leader In Congress'

Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday she won't seek re-election for her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.In a video message, Bachmann, who ran for the Republican presidential nominations last year, emphasized that her standing down didn't have anything to do with the investigation into the activities of her presidential campaign staff, or concerns she would be defeated for the Minnesota seat in 2014.And for the Tea Party Patriots, or TPP, the country's largest tea party organization, she will be sorely missed.

Business struggles to sway U.N. climate talks

Industry has struggled to sway U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen because of a remote negotiating process and a lobby split between climate policy winners and losers, executives said on Friday.

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