The girl will be performing as the Dew Drop Fairy in the Dec 8 evening performance of The Nutcracker. @westmorelandsymphony @laurelballetperformingco

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Bob Woodward, half of the Washington Post team whose coverage of the Watergate scandal brought down the Nixon presidency, told an audience at the Global Financial Leadership Conference in Florida that media figures are letting their emotions affect their reporting. NBC journalist Dylan Byers quoted Woodward as saying, “In the news media there has been…

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CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta

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