February 2008 Archives
3:32 PM Thu, Feb 28, 2008 | Permalink
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If you drive a car then you know the price of gas has gone up dramatically in the past few weeks. Today alone the price of a barrel reached an all time high of $102. So of course we're all paying more for gas. While I don't like it, I pay it. Because like most people I need my car to get to and from work.
But earlier this week I ran to the store to pick up diapers for my son and saw a price increase I wasn't use to. The price ...
6:46 PM Mon, Feb 25, 2008 | Permalink
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I think many parents would agree it's exciting, and a bit nerve racking, to watch your kids take some of the same steps you've walked in life whether it's baseball, dance, music or art.
This morning my daughter, Mia, took over as an anchor of the morning announcements at her elementary school and I was more than a little nervous.
I made it clear I would not lean over her shoulder and give her any advice she did not ask me for....
7:47 PM Fri, Feb 22, 2008 | Permalink
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When you've read the news for as many years as I have sometimes it seems like nothing surprises you. But that's not true. On Thursday there was a tragic accident in North Carolina that claimed the lives of a mother, her two sons and the father of one of the boys. Amazingly her three year old daughter survived the horrific accident.
As the video from Sky 13 came into the newsroom you could hear the gasps from just about every...
7:15 PM Thu, Feb 21, 2008 | Permalink
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A few days ago I was speaking to some local elementary school students and was asked, "Do you ever get sad when you read the news each night on television?"
The question caught me a bit off guard. As I began to offer a response any professional journalist would be proud of, I stopped instead and gave the honest answer--yes!
I know it's my job to always be objective and report the news without being emotionally involved. But t...
4:38 PM Tue, Feb 19, 2008 | Permalink
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While half of the nation's metropolitian markets have been experiencing a downturn in the housing industry, Hampton Roads is among the markets that are experiencing an increase in the value of homes.
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6:01 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink
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My husband called me after he casted his ballot in today's Potomac Primary. He said "it was a breeze. I parked up front and there was no line what so ever." So I figured when I left a few hours later to cast my ballot I would run into the same situation. I was wrong.
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9:26 AM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | Permalink
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I just came back from doing my civic duty. I voted!
I got up a bit early this morning to take my 10-year old daughter with me to the polls before she headed off to school.
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8:26 PM Thu, Feb 07, 2008 | Permalink
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Television news takes you many places, puts you in the middle of many scenes, and sends you chasing undesirable characters... and sometimes, yes sometimes -- you also get to go shopping.
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6:07 PM Thu, Feb 07, 2008 | Permalink
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I'm one of those people who when I want to hang a picture I kind of eyeball it and just put in the nail. Good enough right? I do a lot of things that way confident i'm doing them right. That is until I had my son and we had to put in his child safety seat.
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