Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., dealt a fatal blow to President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion Build Back Better bill Sunday, saying he could not support the legislation's passage. "I've tried everything humanly possible, I can't get there," he said. "... This is a no." Biden and fellow Democrats have spent weeks trying to secure his support for the bill after it was green-lit by the House last month. He is the lone vote needed to pass it in the Senate.

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The Biden administration was handed a rare win in its attempts to issue COVID vaccine mandates after the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the government can enforce a vaccine-or-testing mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees. The ruling could be temporary, however, as the matter appears to be headed to the Supreme Court.

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Santa's flying sleigh and team of reindeer would be little match for the towering canopy of the Amazon Rain Forest, so the jolly ol' elf has turned to alternative modes of transportation to deliver goodies to children in the remote regions of Brazil. Santa and his crew are boating down the Amazon River to reach areas previously inaccessible by other means.

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What was the first U.S. beverage company to feature the likeness of Santa Claus in its advertising, and what year did he first appear in the ad?

Friday's answer: Bruce Springsteen's 1984 "Dancing in the Dark" video then-unknown actress Courtney Cox on stage dancing with "The Boss"

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