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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 15, 2012

  One of my newest guilty pleasures: History Channel’s “American Pickers.” The “picking travels” of the show’s amiable co-stars, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, is a fascinating whirlwind of rare, oft-times valuable Americana collectibles found in dilapidated barns, dirty basements, attics, sheds, closets, and countless other hiding places across the nation. Their feisty, tattooed assistant, [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | October 17, 2011

  Utter horror yesterday at the Las Vegas Indy 300 when popular, UK-born race car driver Dan Weldon’s car flew over another car and hit a wall during the 13th lap of the race. On Sunday, at the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Wheldon’s car was one of 15 cars [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | September 26, 2011

  Four out of four dogs agree… this comedy collection below of Pres. Barack Obama jokes from late-night talk show monologues over the past few weeks is rip-roaringly funny. Obviously, they’re not Democrat dogs. Patriots, if we didn’t laugh, we would surely cry during this era of “hopenchange.” Tonight Show’s Jay Leno is the hands-down [...]

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