The new party slogan adopted by House Republicans, which they only later discovered is exactly the same as the ad tagline for an antidepressant called Effexor

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, on the California Supreme Court's decision to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, noting that although the polar bear has been placed on the threatened species list, the step does nothing to address the root of the problem: the melting of Arctic ice

Burmese rickshaw driver Min Min, on learning that another powerful storm was headed toward his cyclone-ravaged country

Wine investor Vic Motto, on the death of Robert Mondavi, the Napa Valley vintner whose use of cold fermentation helped establish northern California as a premier region for wine