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Entries from December 2010

Top Three Videos of 2010 Remembered

December 25th, 2010 · No Comments

On Friday, I shared my favorite interview stories of 2010.  Today, I share my three most-viewed videos of the year.  They appear below: 1. Shot April 28 in Quincy, Ill., and appearing in a post the following day, the most-viewed video has generated more than 54,000 views in eight months.  More importantly, it proved what [...]

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2010 Interviews Tackled Politics and Combat

December 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Every year, it gets more difficult to decide what to include in my end-of-year wrap-up stories.  This year, I decided to reflect on my favorite interviews of 2010.  They appear below: Roy Blunt Needs Education About Tea Party Folks — During a Feb. 26 interview with Roy Blunt, the seven-term congressman who would go on [...]

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Rahm Emanuel Cleared to Run for Chicago Mayor

December 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

See no evil.  Hear no evil.  Speak no evil.  Report no evil. That seems to be the order of things in Chicago these days after the city’s election commissioners voted, 3-0, to allow Rahm Emanuel’s name to remain on the Feb. 22 Chicago mayoral ballot. Forget that Emanuel isn’t a legal resident of the city.  [...]

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Convicted Army Officer Denied Clemency (Update)

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 31, 2008, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna was charged with the premeditated murder of Ali Mansur, a known Al-Qaeda agent operating near Albu Toma, an area north of Baghdad.  Seven months later, the leader of the 18-member Delta Company, 5th platoon of the Army 101st Airborne Infantry Division was convicted [...]

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Driver of 1000 HP Corvette Nabbed via YouTube

December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Last night, I came across one of two videos of a guy purporting to be driving his 1000 hp Chevrolet Corvette at 195 mph on a public road.  Today, I learned via NewsOK.com that Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers arrested Dee Albert “Cody” Replogle. Alleging he was the man behind the wheel and the videos, they [...]

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Conviction of Special Forces Soldier Subject of Soon-To-Be-Published Book by Bob McCarty

December 22nd, 2010 · 5 Comments

UPDATE 10/01/11 at 3:29 p.m. Central: With my book, Three Days In August, scheduled for release Oct. 19, I’ve removed posts containing content found in the book and ask readers to visit the book’s website to learn more about it. Thanks! FYI: If you enjoy this blog and want to help keep reading stories like [...]

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World Too Dangerous for Well-Intentioned Amateurs

December 21st, 2010 · 5 Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Sixty-six years and six months ago, the largest amphibious force ever assembled sailed across the stormy waters of the English Channel, bound for the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy, France.  Nearly half of the 156,000 invasion troops were Americans.  They and the troops of allied nations suffered massive casualties [...]

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