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Entries from December 2008

Santa Gets Parking Ticket While Delivering Toys

December 17th, 2008 · No Comments

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By The Associated Press
NEW YORK  –  Santa Claus has added a New York City traffic agent to his naughty list after she gave him a ticket while delivering gifts to children.
Chip Cafiero says he’ll fight the $115 ticket he received in Brooklyn on Black Friday when he was dressed [...]

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More Than Just The Ball Drops On New Year’s Eve

December 17th, 2008 · No Comments

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By The Associated Press
Everyone knows about the ball that gets dropped on New Year’s Eve in Times Square. Maybe you’ve even heard about the 800-pound peach that gets dropped in Atlanta at midnight on Dec. 31.
But you may not have heard about the dropping of the sausage, or [...]

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Sudanese Woman Gives Birth to Quintuplets in Maryland

December 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Quintuplets, four girls and one boy, were born to a Sudanese woman at Anne Arundel Medical Center near Annapolis on December 2.
John Henrehan
FOX 5 Reporter
For the first time since 2005, quintuplets have been born in Maryland.  A 37-member team of physicians and nurses rehearsed then performed the Cesarean section birth on December 2nd at Anne [...]

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Tags: Community

A Gift of great music, “Soul of the Holidays”!

December 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

An incredible array of Soulful R&B and Smooth Jazz artist combine for a twist on The Holiday Classics. Angie Stone, JOE, Maysa, and Phil Perry have set a new standard for holiday urban soul. Visit: www.souloftheholidays.com for more information.

 
This direct-to-CD/DVD music compilation captures the “essence and soul” of classic holiday favorites that have stood the [...]

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A Recap of the Final Day of the National High School Hoops Festival from Wise High School in Upper Marlboro, MD

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

By Mark Gray, Host SportsGroove Radio Program
Sports Groove TV’s Beltway Sports Report

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Potential Top Education Official Is Obama Neighbor

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

 

By The Associated Press
CHICAGO  –  The man Barack Obama is said to have tapped to become secretary of education is from the president-elect’s homecourt in more ways than one.
Arne Duncan is not only a fellow Chicagoan who lives in the same Hyde Park neighborhood as Obama. He is, like the president-elect, an avid basketball player [...]

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FLO-(For the Love Of) New Year’s Eve with the Marcus Johnson Project

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

The end of the year is just weeks away and so many things will be happening all over to celebrate the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. While we can’t promise where the best parties will be, I just wanted to shout out an event where one of our Fox 5 friends and [...]

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Great Christmas Gift Ideas for the Traveler in the Family

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

iPOD touch courtesy of Apple
With Black Friday behind us, most of us still have a few items left on our Christmas shopping list.  I am here to help with few items that will be perfect (depending on your budget) for the family that travels. 
Two of my favorites (sure to keep the little people occupied for [...]

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Boy, 4, Breaks Into Texas Store, Plays With Toys

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

 

By The Associated Press
BEAUMONT, Texas  –  Police called to a variety store by a burglar alarm overnight found a toddler inside, playing with the toys. Police said store surveillance video showed the unidentified boy trying to open one of the front doors to a Family Dollar store about 3 a.m. Monday, only to find it [...]

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Survey: Many Prefer Internet Over Sex

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

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By MIKE BRODY
MyFox National
LOS ANGELES  –  What’s more important to American women — sex or the Internet? The answer might be surprising.
Almost half of the women surveyed in a recent poll by Harris Interactive said they’d be willing to forgo sex for two weeks, rather than give [...]

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