YOGI BERRA: REAL AMERICAN HERO

I'll never think of Yogi Berra the same way. Ever.I once thought he was one of the greatest baseball players the game had ever seen. A3-time MVP, 10-time World Series champion and Hall of Famer, Berra had accomplishedthings most players can only dream of.It means nothing to me anymore. Nothing.While scouring the Internet for inspirational stories on 70th anniversary of D-Day and theNormandy invasion, I came across an article about Berra being honored...

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BOWE BERGDAHL: DO WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS, JACK?!!!!!!

After the lies about Pat Tilman's death and the saving Private Jessica Lynch story,  I've learnednot to trust what our U.S. government has to say when it comes to war time activity.  Havingworked in the media for as long as I have,  I also know how things can be twisted, edited,and exaggerated to influence public opinion.With that said, does anybody really know what exactly happened with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl?Do we know for sure...

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MARK REARICK AND THE END OF AN ERA

Mark Rearick is a New Canaan institution, as much a part of the bucolic Connecticut townas Gates, God's Acre, and the great little station that trains Wall Street sharks, blue chipCEO's, and corporate lawyers to and from New York City every day.But in late June, Rearick, who is known to everybody in town as  "2-5-0",  a name given tohim when he tipped the scales at that number as a senior in high school, will head to NorthCarolina with...

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