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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 17, 2012

  Whether you loved or loathed disco music, there is one thing about it that cannot be disputed. Donna Summer was its queen. And deservedly so. Sadly, the beautiful, immensely talented songstress, songwriter, and music legend — who helped shift the contemporary music scene from rock ‘n roll to electronic/synthesizer dance music in the late [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 17, 2012

  As an avid coffee drinker for decades, I find this new government study is cause for some celebration. Coffee isn’t the evil death-unleashing liquid we’ve been told for ages — a new government study released yesterday shows that coffee drinkers may actually live longer than non-coffee drinking folks. These new findings once again debunk [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | May 16, 2012

  The Nanny State Environmental Police strikes again. A popular ice cream stand in Massachusetts, run for 26 years by longtime dairy farmer Mark Duffy, has been shut down because Duffy dared to make improvements without paying for government permits. Duffy is astounded, saying he has done countless repairs and improvements on the stand and [...]

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