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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 1, 2012

  Shocking breaking news: Don Cornelius, the creator and host of the wildly successful, long-running music/dance show “Soul Train,” was found dead early this morning in his Encino, California home. The LA County coroner has ruled that his death — caused by a reported gunshot wound to the head — was a suicide. Cornelius was [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 24, 2012

Prayers are going to Sen. Mark Kirk, the Republican senator who won Barack Obama’s Illinois Senate seat in 2010, as he recovers from yesterday’s emergency brain trauma surgery for a stroke he suffered over the weekend. Doctors are reportedly hopeful, but his recovery will take time. Sen. Kirk is only 52 years old. From STLToday, [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 23, 2012

  Pres. Barack Obama sang the first six words from Al Green’s 1972 hit “Let’s Stay Together” while speaking at the Apollo Theater in New York City last week. And, surprisingly, he didn’t totally suck. The crowd went absolutely nuts. Funny that Obama sang only one line — in the video below, it appears that [...]

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