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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 30, 2010

  Get in line… McDonald’s is yet another corporate giant that may be canceling its health care provisions for employees because of the outrageous costs and penalties levied by ObamaCare. The White House has jumped in with unusual lightning speed to strongly deny the claims (too bad they still haven’t picked up their tortoise pace [...]

Category: Business & Economy, Government, Health, Social and Political Climate, Videos, Audio Files | 1 Comment »
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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 30, 2010

  Tyler Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, committed suicide last week by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. His suicide is now linked to his distress and embarrassment of him having been secretly recorded having sex with another man, and that footage being streamed via the Internet. The 18-year-old’s death has stunned his family [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 30, 2010

On the one hand, this is good news for parents — learning about the recall of up to 11 million Fisher-Price toys before they start their Christmas shopping. But, on the other hand, for the toy manufacturing company giant, it’s a financial nightmare that is also hitting its reputation during the peak time for selling [...]

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Tags: Christmas, Christmas season, Christmas shopping, Consumer Product Safety Commission, economic crisis, financial crisis, Fisher-Price, Fisher-Price recall, Fisher-Price toy recall, Mattel, recall, recession, toy recall, video, Xmas