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Vicki McClure Davidson | October 3, 2011

  More stunning — and a bit sickening — than I would have ever imagined. Many questions have been asked about First Lady Michelle Obama’s extravagant, half-a-million-dollar South Africa trip earlier this summer, which included a number of family members and a pricey safari adventure that included lodging at a five-star hotel. Questions asked have [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | October 3, 2011

  The sensational murder trial that has gripped millions across the world has finally ended. An Italian court has freed 23-year-old American student Amanda Knox. Knox had been sentenced in December 2009 to 26 years in prison and her co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito, had been sentenced to 25 years for the 2007 murder of 21-year-old British [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | October 3, 2011

  The slimy tentacles of the unions never stop moving, never stop grabbing power. Neither does the government. Now, in tandem, they are trying to get a stranglehold grip on self-employed daycare workers, most of whom operate as small at-home businesses. As has been typical for decades, the unions want a chunk of these child [...]

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