Socialite and famed Libel Defamation attorney L. Lin Wood and Melanie Osgood announced their engagement over the weekend at the Ritz Carlton at Reynolds Plantation where Wood had proposed to his bride to be earlier.
We had scooped this before this weekend but had been asked to hold off on announcing this, something we are always willing to do when requested.
Looking at this picture it was well worth the wait and being big fans of Lin Wood in courtrooms and lawsuits, we here at Rose Speaks, especially Ken and Rose, wish Lin and the lovely Melanie only happiness. Many have said, including us, that Lin Wood radiates with happiness in this picture as does Ms. Osgood.
Melanie works full time as an underwriter for Chubb, after graduating from University of Georgia – Terry College of Business and studied abroad at Oxford University in England before moving to Atlanta. She is the daughter of Kendall and LuAnn Osgood of Snellville, Georgia.
…and the rest is the stuff of story book tales with a story book ending, the kind we all love to see happen to good people!
We intend to stay on top of this as wedding plans are announced!
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DISCLAIMER THIS IS A PICTURE WITH RICHARD JEWELL NOT THE STUDENT WHO SETTLED
I have always liked pictures of L. Lin Wood with Richard Jewell for three reasons:
1. Lin Wood found he was a top defamation – libel plaintiff attorney by representing Richard Jewell and for that all of the little guys out there now have a voice.
2. Lin Wood and Richard Jewell traveled together and lectured colleges in journalism classes about ethics, and did that until Jewell died
3. When Jewell died Lin Wood dropped everything and came home to deliver the eulogy at his “friend’s funeral” and told the world the story of the rose that Jewell left each year at the site of the one woman he was not able to save.
All of us should be so lucky to have Wood represent us or give us a voice in this 24/7 infotainment passed as news we all live in, and two any who have Wood as a friend has to be blessed, just my opinion. Wood does not give bloggers interviews. Once Wood and I were on opposite sides of a lawsuit he treated me as a southern gentleman instead of gutting me and making me cry as we hear in lots of lawsuits when Wood lasers in on his opponents.
In a Google alert I got this today and so hunted down the lawsuit of the case that has been settled.
“A student at Florida A & M University has sued two Florida media outlets — Florida A & M University’s The Famuan and ABC-affiliate WFTV — for wrongly reporting that he was disciplined because of fellow student Robert Champion’s 2011 hazing death.
And even though The Famuan, the university’s student newspaper, corrected the error made in a December 2011 story, the student, Keon Hollis, still sued because “the correction was a whisper of innocence that could never overcome the initial shout of guilty,” his attorney Lin Wood told iMediaEthics. Wood explained in an email:
“The initial false online article conveyed to readers that Keon was a participant in the hazing that resulted in the death of his friend. Before the article was corrected, it was republished and discussed on the Internet numerous times.”
The article has since been unpublished, and a correction has been published online reading:
“On Dec. 2, 2011, Keon Hollis of Atlanta was incorrectly identified on thefamuanonline.com as one of four drum majors for the ‘Marching 100′ band dismissed from Florida A&M University following the hazing death of Drum major Robert Champion. Hollis was not suspended, dismissed, expelled or reprimanded in connection to the hazing of Robert Champion. We deeply regret the error.”
Following that December 2012 libel lawsuit over a December 2011 story, Florida A & M University’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication dean, Dr. Ann Kimbrough, announced a huge shake-up with student newspaper The Famuan in early January, Student Press Law Center reported.”
…After the libel lawsuit was filed, there were several changes made at The Famuan, including a temporary suspension “from publishing,” journalism training for staff, and a change of adviser.
FAMU Journalim School dean, Ann Kimbrough, told iMediaEthics the temporary suspension was in effect for the month of January and indicated it was related to money problems. She wrote:
“The administration postponed the publishing of the first issue until the training and other processes were completed. The Famuan published its first issue on January 30. There are financial strains.”
Before responding to iMediaEthics’ inquiry, Kimbrough noted that because of the pending litigation, she had to “coordinate all responses with our attorney.”
She declined to comment on the libel lawsuit or any new measures at The Famuan because of the libel lawsuit because “this is an active legal matter.” But, she did note in an email to iMediaEthics that the newspaper’s staff had to get “training in areas including ethics, media sales, newspaper management, layout and design, copyediting, etc.”
That bold part is what made me think of Richard Jewell today.
Hollis, the student suing The Famuan, also sued Orlando ABC-affiliate WFTV for its Dec. 5, 2011 story “FAMU student leaders call for an end to hazing.” According to Courthouse News Service, Hollis’s lawsuit indicated WFTV also wrongly reported he was disciplined in relation to the hazing based on The Famuan’s story.
“Hollis says the article attributed its statements about him to FAMU’s student newspaper, The Famuan, which mistakenly identified Hollis as one of four students who had been expelled after Champion’s death. He claims The Famuan removed his name from the original article before WFTV and Cox Media published their piece, but the defendants failed to remove the false and defamatory statements. After Hollis demanded a retraction, WFTV and Cox Media updated the article, stating that Hollis had not been suspended, but he says they failed to mention that Hollis had not contributed to Champion’s death.”
Wood, the attorney who also represented Hollis in his lawsuit against WFTV told iMediaEthics that “The WTFV matter has settled. The FAMUAN lawsuit has been set for mediation by agreement of the parties.” WFTV News Director Matt Parcell confirmed the settlement, telling iMediaEthics by email: “The matter has been settled and we have no further comment.”
Here is the Original Complaint filed by Hollis against Orlando ABC-affiliate WFTV:
Call me a “romantic” but I like to think perhaps Lin Wood has a picture of Richard Jewell in his office and when he defends one of the “damned” as Dan Rather calls Wood as the “voice of the damned”; Wood is grounded by the wrong and horrible aftermath of a client turned friend, Richard Jewell.
I am sure Richard Jewell thinks, “Good job, Lin, good job”.
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An article By Ed Silverman of Pharmalot asked that question in his article entitled “Did DaVita Admit Fraud In Suing A Whistleblower?” After reading this Google alert on the largest Medicare Fraud Case to date that has been made public, I spent the day on PACER reading more.
Thus over the next few days along with two other cases we are going to play catch-up with, we are going to dwell on this case. In short with Sequestration looming which is going to devastate our economy and our workforce especially federal employees, Medicare Fraud is big news. I believe we should pursue more of these cases and not cut “entitlements” to those of us who worked our whole life and paid our Social Security Insurance and Medicare Insurance payments every payday.
So here goes with more of what Ed Silverman had to say:
…Since a fair number of whistleblower cases pop up in the pharmaceutical industry, a recent development concerning a whistleblower and DaVita, the second-largest independent provider of dialysis services in the US, might be of interest. Consider the following….
Along with a nurse, a nephrologist and former medical director named Alon Vainer filed a whistleblower lawsuit in 2007 alleging DaVita deliberately wasted medicine in order to gain hundreds of millions of dollars in extra payments from Medicare.
NOTE: HUNDREDS OF MILLION IN ALLEGED FRAUD OF MEDICARE.
So how has DaVita responded? Besides denying the allegations, the dialysis provider filed its own lawsuit against Vainer. Now, consider the accusations: DaVita charged Vainer breached his contract, caused damages by not alerting DaVita to violations of the law and filed invoices falsely claiming he complied with his agreement, which he could not have done if he did not alert DaVita to any violations of the law.
Yes, you read that correctly. It would appear that DaVita officials are suing the whistleblower for not bringing their own purported fraud to their attention. Consequently, the DaVita team appears to somehow acknowledge that the fraud took place after all, even though they have denied this all along. This prompted an interesting response from the judge hearing the combined cases…
“The possible violations of law are the very same types of violations Vainer has alleged against DaVita in the underlying qui tam (whistleblower) complaint,” writes US District Court Judge Charles Pannell. “In essence, then, the defendants (DaVita) are seeking breach of contract damages for the plaintiff’s (whitleblowers) having not reported the alleged violations for which the defendants are themselves being sued.
“While the defendants have couched their counterclaim in contract terms, this claim is nonetheless the type of counterclaim barred in (False Claims Act) qui tam actions. In order to prove that Vainer breached the contract by not informing the defendants about violations of applicable law, the defendants (DaVita) would have to first prove that such violations actually occurred. If these violations occurred, then the defendants would be liable for them.”
…“While the parties have not identified and the court cannot find through its own research binding case law that addresses the scenario before the court, the court agrees with the plaintiffs and the United States that such an outcome would have a chilling effect on the FCA’s goal of encouraging whistleblowing on perpetrators of fraud against the federal government. The court concludes that the defendants’ counterclaim amounts to a claim for indemnification or contribution.”
So guess what???? US District Court Judge Charles Pannell DISMISSED THE SUIT DAVITA FILED AGAINST DR. ALON VAINER, my first thought is WTF was DaVita thinking, go figure.
Here is the full finding of Judge Charles Pannell:
So did a lot of corporate attorneys just screwed up or did L. Lin Wood, who left Bryan Cave LLC in 2007 to pursue this case, somehow trick the corporate lawyers into what appears to be a fatal error?
Never fear DaVita is just adding more lawyers, but my money is on the U. S. Government and the plaintiff’s attorneys, including Lin Wood and Stacy Evans are going to win this thing. If it goes to trial, which I doubt it will because of the media coverage this will bring, then Medicare Fraud at it’s worse will be out there for the U. S. taxpayer to see. My question is how does this happen without criminal charges being filed? When are we going to begin to hold the top executives of corporations liable criminally for ripping us the taxpayers off for Millions that we ended up paying?
Yes I read all day yesterday and into last night after reading this article, then more on PACER and yes we are going to cover this case as one of the biggest cases we have ever covered, because this case is important. Seldom is one of these cases made public so we can see via filings how corrupt some people are with what appears to be little concern to what is happening to our country and those of us receiving Medicare.
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In the Sheldon G. Adelson vs National Jewish Democratic Council famed libel attorney L. Lin Wood went to the heart of the Washington D. C. Anti-SLAPP statute, you know the ones that Perez Hilton is always being sued and then comes back and wins under.
Lin Wood has gone straight to the heart of the constitutionality of the Anti-SLAPP statutes, could we be seeing the making of a U. S. Supreme Court case on the Horizon?
I read the other day on Face Book where an attorney had just filed his first defamation case and was wishing for a Lin Wood play book. I had forgotten how much I enjoy reading Wood’s filings. At one time I had said Wood’s Court filings were woven with the beauty of a glistering cobweb of a spider on a winter’s morning. As I read through these filings I found myself thinking the same thing. There are ought to be a Lin Wood play book for Libel and Defamation suits, he is still the best there is out there.
The hearing was on Dec. 17th in New York Southern District Federal Court before the Honorable J. Paul Oetken at 2:30 PM and the winner of the filings and Oral Arguments is……………
We will also be updating the Beth Holloway suit against the National Enquirer this week. These are some great cases to follow. HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE A CASE YOU WANT US TO FOLLOW, JUST FILL OUT THE CONTACT US FORM AT THE TOP. WE ARE ALSO ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOOD GUEST AUTHORS SO IF YOU HAVE A CASE WHERE PAPERS ARE AVAILABLE AGAIN JUST FILL OUT THE FORM ABOVE, WE WILL GET THE PAPERS AND YOU CAN WRITE ARTICLES FOR ROSE SPEAKS.COM.
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After destroying the lives of two women, one famous, Kelly Rutherford, and one unknown Shellye Broughton who both lost their children to overseas fathers and possibly jurisdiction; Judge Theresa Beaudet has been booted out of L. A. family court! Can the U. S. even get the children back? Both mothers are now broke after fighting with Judge Theresa Beaudet, fighting a judge and not the fathers, how in American can this happen? I understand one of the children involved in this can’t even be found right now.
I have to say after reading and corresponding with both women the first thing that comes to my mind is “Ding Dong, the witch is………..”
We here at Rose Speaks.com are attempting to reach both women for their thoughts on this. However for now we have found an article on Desperate Exes.com that we will share. I do have to say, John J Nazarian is MUCH kinder to Judge Theresa Beaudet than I would be, but then we are not in the same state with Judge Beaudet.
The above thoughts are the Editorial opinion of Rose Turner and as such is copyrighted to Rose Speaks.com.
Did DESPERATEEXES.com play a part in the removal of Judge Theresa Beaudet? Well the ‘rumor’ out there is yes, maybe a little and how do I feel about that? We are not sitting here and cheering and ‘high-fiving’, just as I was not happy seeing judges that I thought were excellent transferred to other assignments……. Superior Court, Family law assignment is a tough and miserable job for any bench officer aka, A JUDGE.
Judge Theresa Beaudet, positively has a place in the Superior Court, may I suggest criminal courts? May I further be so bold to suggest sitting on death penalty cases? Judge Beaudet would be perfect, I could also close my eyes and see a lovely embroidered ‘grim reaper’, done in a darker black thread than the robe. Sure, were you would have to look closely and pay attention to see it clearly. Being that her Honor is tall, this could be very tasteful……and during holidays have another robe were the thread could be done in gold, gold and black, I could be onto something here!
Sending criminals to state prison would be a very appropriate punishment to separate‘bad’ people from their children…….
This current theory and attempt at dealing with young children and mothers has failed at least two that I personally am aware of! Is it my opinion that Judge Theresa Beaudet is a terrible human being, absolutely not.
My thoughts on Judge Theresa Beaudet is this, when I was going through the police academy I remember seeing ‘recruits’ that I knew would not be successful working in the field, (driving a radio car and dealing with bad guys). They were great recruits, running, constitutional law, driving course and all the rest of the academy. However the reality is simple, someone needs to work in the offices of police and sheriff’s departments handling other duties…..they are dressed just like all the other cops and deputies, and are wonderful at doing their ‘special’ jobs and serve an important function working as a ‘law enforcement officer’. I and all of us at DESPERATEEXES.com wish Judge Theresa Beaudet more success at her next assignment……..
Johnfucious understands that New Hampshire and Washington still have ‘hanging’, they hope and encourage you to use lethal injection, as a primary method, very nice! Nicer yet, Oklahoma offers firing squad only if lethal injection and electrocution are found unconstitutional….some judges have all the fun!
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Now that the election is over I want to began a dialogue about one of the people I learned about named Sheldon Adelson. Imagine my surprise as I was using Google and PACER as my sources of information that I found that Sheldon Adelson who is an American business magnate, translated Billionaire. Adelson is the chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center. Adelson also owns the Israeli daily newspaper Israel HaYom. Adelson is listed in the Forbes 400 as the 12th wealthiest American. Adelson personal wealth is estimated to be $20.5 billion as of September 2012. WOW remands me of the case of billionaire magnate Kirk Kerkorian’s divorce and child custody case.
However on PACER I located a defamation suit where Sheldon Adelson is suing David A Harris, Marc R. Stanley and the National Jewish Democratic Council for maliciously false and defamatory statements that conveyed to the public that Adelson personally approved of profit from prostitution in integrated resorts owned and operated by Sands China Limited, a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corp., of which Adelson is a major shareholder, Chairman and CEO.
However what grabbed my attention and caused me to download the papers was the lead attorney, Heavy Weight Defamation Specialist L. Lin Wood.
Rose Speaks.com will be following this case as well as the Beth Holloway case because many of our readers as well as the owners like the Motions and Memorandum of Law L. Lin Wood writes, and you can’t get better than when the rich with unlimited funds sues the rich, besides this case covers the ANTI-SLAPP statutes that gives people like Perez Hilton and TMZ some legal cover for the outrageous in states that have this statute. So get your popcorn out and let’s begin.
This case is based on the Citizens United Decision by the Supreme Court that allows Billionaires to give unlimited funds to a political candidate of their choice. In fact in the original filings Lin Wood alleges on his client’s behalf that the defendants’ goal in this lawsuit was to advance their perceived political interests by assassinating Mr. Adelson’s character, punishing him for exercising his right to make monetary contributions to political causes and candidates of his choice, and demeaning him within the Jewish community.
Wood argues on behalf of Adelson that Adelson supports open debate on issues of political concern, the defendants, in this case, made false and defamatory accusations, made with actual malice, and crossed the threshold from constitutionally-protected speech to defamation of a public figure designed to suppress speech for which they should be held accountable.
Although none of the parties lives in New York, Lin Wood states this court has jurisdiction because they all do business in New York and the court has “subject matter” jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1332.
I don’t know if this is court shopping as we sometime see parties do, for instant East Texas federal courts “specialty” is Trademarks, so you would be surprise at who files lawsuit in our small area for that “specialty in courts” I will check New York and see if there is a “specialty” there as well in defamation or if this is simply the most convenient for everyone.
It appears the main claim by Adelson is that as a philanthropist he has donated significant funds to charitable causes in the U. S. and abroad, one of them is the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for Drug Abuse Treatment & Research in Tel Aviv, Israel, which was established more than 20 years ago with his wife, Dr. Miriam Adelson. They have clinics in Tel Aviv, Israel, Las Vegas, Nevada and in Macau.
Many of the hundreds of patients seen by these clinics (the Adelson Clinics), are women whose addiction has forced them into prostitution. The clinics work to support these women, provide them with drug abuse treatment and end their involvement in prostitution.
The Adelsons’ also fund a Medical Research Foundation that conducts, in part, some research into the biology of addictive diseases and the consequential impact on addiction treatment, among other fields.
In a July 3, 2012 article, defendanst David A. Harris and NJDC posted an article and an online petition asking others to support their demand that the Republican Party cease accepting monetary donation from Mr. Adelson. The Original complaint goes on to say the statements contained in the article are false and defamatory and convey the unmistakable message that Mr. Adelson engaged in the exploitation of prostitutes and is worthy of public scorn and contempt. This same author and JNDC posted another article with the same allegations and petition on July 11, 2012. The July 3, 2012 article titled “Tell Romney to Reject Adelson’s Dirty Money”
Adelson claims the only source of this information is a disgruntled former employee of Adelson, Steven C. Jacobs, who was terminated in 2010. The allegations are that Jacobs said he would try to get Adelson and has since then with false allegations in lawsuits as well as giving information to others like being the “only source” in two these articles, has continued to try and carry out his threats to ruin Adelson.
Part Two which will be the Motion for Summary Judgement based on the ANTI-SLAPP statutes and Adelson’s Response and Memorandum of Law will post soon after midnight tonight or by 7 AM tomorrow, November 19, 2012 after I have time to read and glean the best parts of L Lin Wood’s team’s filings.
We will also be updating the Beth Holloway suit against the National Enquirer on Tuesday, November, 20, 2012. These are some great cases to follow. HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE A CASE YOU WANT US TO FOLLOW, JUST FILL OUT THE CONTACT US FORM AT THE TOP. WE ARE ALSO ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOOD GUEST AUTHORS SO IF YOU HAVE A CASE WHERE PAPERS ARE AVAILABLE AGAIN JUST FILL OUT THE FORM ABOVE, WE WILL GET THE PAPERS AND YOU CAN WRITE ARTICLES FOR ROSE SPEAKS.COM.
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L Lin Wood is representing Natalee Holloway’s Mother Elizabeth Ann “Beth” Holloway in a lawsuit against the National Enquirer. The Original Complaint filed June 20, 2012 stated; [this] “Complaint for the tort of outrage and invasion of privacy arises from the publication of false and horrific headlines, statements, photographs and articles by American Media, Inc. and The National Enquirer, Inc. …The headlines, statements, photographs and articles were an attempt by Defendants to profit off the tragic and still unresolved disappearance of Natalee Holloway (“Natalee”) and the plight of her mother, Plaintiff Elizabeth Ann ["Beth"] Holloway (“Holloway”).”
“Defendants’ conduct in publishing these false statements and accompanying manufactured photographs has been so outrageous in character, and so extreme in degree, as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency, and is to be regarded as atrocious, and utterly intolerable in a civilized community. Furthermore, by publishing these false and disgusting statements and photographs, Defendants intentionally and maliciously intruded into Holloway’s emotional sanctum.”
For those of us that heard about Natalee Holloway on the news during the summer of 2005; the Original Complaint has interest in that it outlines the sadness of Natalee Holloway. Natalee was a beautiful intelligent young woman, just graduating from high school with her whole life ahead or her on a school trip to Aruba.
“…Natalee Holloway (“Natalee”), was one of about 120 students from Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham, Alabama, who took a senior class graduation trip to the island of Aruba in May 2005. …The students began their trip on May 26, 2005, and were scheduled to
return to the United States on May 30, 2005. …At approximately 1:30 a.m. on the morning of May 30, 2005, Natalee was last seen entering a car with Joran van der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe. …Natalee failed to meet her classmates for their return flight to the United States. …Despite repeated searches of Aruba and its waters, neither Natalee nor Natalee’s remains have ever been located.” …As time passes, the probability that Natalee is dead increases. …”
“…In June of 2011, seeking some closure in his daughter’s disappearance, Natalee’s father filed paperwork seeking to have her declared dead. …Natalee was declared legally dead in January of 2012, but her body has never actually been found. Thus, whether she is actually dead is still unknown.”
“…["Beth"] Holloway disagreed with her ex-husband’s decision to have Natalee declared dead and has been quoted as saying that she “will always hope and pray for Natalee’s safe return”. …continues to work tirelessly to learn of her daughter’s fate. …The false and outrageous articles and photographs graphically describe the purported despicable treatment of Natalee’s corpse”.
Think about that, they kissed their daughter good-bye for a trip thousands of teens take every summer. Not only do they not have closure, a body to bury, a grave to place flowers on or to go to and pray, but Joran van der Sloot remains in the news. For those that buy rag mags as I call them, a publication is still raking in money over this tragedy.
Then of course is the tragedy of Joran van der Sloot murder of Stephany Flores on the 5th anniversary of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance and now Natalee is presumed dead. What a celebration huh?
In that case Joran van der Sloot was ordered by a three-judge panel in Lima Peru to pay $75,000(59,000 Euro) in reparations for the “cruel” and “ferocious” murder that took place exactly five years to the day after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba. I am assuming that is the money paid by Holloway’s mother through a FBI sting. The court in Peru made a recent ruling that Joran van der Sloot CAN BE EXTRADITED TO THE USA sadly however, only after “…he serves the 28 years he received in the murder of Stephany Flores. Under Peru’s laws Van Der Sloot release might be sooner than later. Due to time already served, the judges said Van Der Sloot’s sentence would end in June 2038. But under Peru’s penal system, Van der Sloot could become eligible for parole after serving half of the sentence with good behavior, including work and study. Van Der Sloot could be freed sometime in his late 30s if paroled after serving half of his 28-year sentence.” That equates to approximately the year of 2020.
Then add the sick fact Joran van der Sloot has decided to appeal that 28 year sentenced because his lawyer “lied to him”, WTH, I guess he could spot a fellow liar? If it could not get any sicker than all of that the latest rumors is some woman is about to marry him in prison, don’t even get me started on jail house “groupies”.
We are going to cover this case because; 1. It is in a federal court so I can get the papers which is a prerequisite for the majority of trials we cover here on Rose Speaks.com; 2. It deals with a teenagers tragic death and apparent murder; 3. L Lin Wood is involved and all of us here at Rose Speaks.com enjoy the lawsuits Mr. Wood takes on; and 4. Will the Holloway family find any new clues or have closure finally?
The only immediate problem in this lawsuit I see is what is the statue of limitation for libel and/or defamation in Alabama? Here in Texas I believe it is one year, if you know what it is in Alabama please let us know! However, Beth Holloway is suing for “tort of outrage” and “invasion of privacy”, which probably does not follow the same rules of th statue of limitation for libel and/or defamation.
As many of you know we have closed the forums here at Rose Speaks.com as we just did not have the time to do a good job moderating it for all of you. We are glad to announce that we have paired up with The Parenting Channel.com to carry a lead in to any of the cases we cover that has anything to do with a child or teen. We are ecstatic to have been able to do this. So lead in-ins for our blog articles will appear on The Parenting Channel’s blog and a section of The Parenting Channel Community has been set up on any trials we cover of children and/or teens. I encourage all of you to join both the blog and the forums, it is going to take off where Rose Speaks.com left off after the Anna Nicole Smith and Casey Anthony trials It’s big roll out as an interactive site is schedule for September 14, 2012 with a contest where you can win a gift certificate
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