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'We Wanted To Be Larger Than Life': Paul Stanley Of KISS On Almost 50 Years Of Rock

Paul Stanley, lead singer of KISS, looks back on the heavy metal band's legacy and talks about retiring from touring at the end of 2019.

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New Round Of Tariffs Takes A Bigger Bite Of Consumers' Budget

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Members of KISS perform in Vancouver, Canada, for the band's "One Last Kiss: End of the Road World Tour" in Jan. 2019. Keith Leroux/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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'We Wanted To Be Larger Than Life': Paul Stanley Of KISS On Almost 50 Years Of Rock

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Sada Jackson with her mother, Ileana Watson, in October 2014, when Ileana and her three children participated in a family Breast Cancer Walk together. Courtesy of Sada Jackson hide caption

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'I Only Knew Her As Mom': A Daughter Learns More From Her Late Mother's Best Friend

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Companies are using new gene-editing tools to alter the DNA of food crops. One of these products is a soybean with a healthier kind of oil. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Will Gene-Edited Food Be Government Regulated?

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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, pictured in 2014, says he can no longer get around the tennis court safely, but he can play a decent game of Ping-Pong. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images hide caption

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Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Talks History, His New Book And Ping-Pong

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