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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 18, 2011

  With this scandal breaking that many elements in the bestselling memoir Three Cups of Tea by author Greg Mortenson were fabricated or exaggerated, I’m reminded of other media scandals dealing with lies and cover ups. The Pulitzer Prize was awarded in 1932 to New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty who, it was later discovered, [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 18, 2011

  The weather’s been extremely warm and pleasant this week in Arizona and other states, and with that nicer weather, the warnings to parents about keeping a never-straying eye on children and the dangers of swimming pools cannot be overemphasized. An amazing story about a little boy who saved his baby sister from drowning yesterday [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 18, 2011

British royalty in TV cinema — a new made-for-TV film chronicling the romance of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton will premier tonight on the Lifetime channel. In the video clip below, FOX News in Providence interviewed the actors of the new TV movie “William & Kate.” The engaged royal couple will be married in [...]

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