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Okay, Cue the Music: Kim Kardashian Gives Birth

• June 15, 2013 • Comments Off

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Tracy Martin, Father of Trayvon Martin, in a Father’s Day Message to Americans

• June 17, 2012 • Comments Off

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It’s Father’s Day, and Daughters Need Their Dads Just As Sons Need Their Dads

• June 19, 2011 • 2 Comments

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