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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 3, 2010

  Hurricane Earl can still pack a wallop, but has weakened to no where near as destructive as weather experts and forecasters had feared yesterday. Weather services have downgraded it from Category 4 to Category 1, which is still dangerous. Cape Cod, however, is bracing itself for the first hurricane to hit there in 19 [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 3, 2010

When false Internet rumors go viral, I always imagine a pimply, bespectacled, 20-something geek, living in the basement of his mother’s home in Toledo, giggling himself silly while scratching himself in inappropriate places and watching Lord of the Rings for the 74th time. The latest vicious ‘Net rumor flying like chicken feathers on a blustery [...]

Category: Entertainment, Celebrities, Media & Communication, Social and Political Climate, Technology | 1 Comment »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 3, 2010

Straight-shooter White House press correspondent Major Garrett is leaving FOX News to return to print journalism. Sigh. Garrett will be sorely missed, but we wish him the best of luck in his new endeavors. Arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, and au revoir… you were always a class act, sir. From Mediaite: Mediaite has learned that Fox News [...]

Category: Entertainment, Celebrities, Government, Media & Communication, Social and Political Climate | 2 Comments »
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