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Backgrounder: How Hurricanes Get Their Names
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 23) -- The World Meteorological Organization has prepared six alphabetized lists of names for Atlantic storms (storms in other oceans have separate, rotating lists), and at the end of the six-year cycle, the lists repeat. However, if a given storm produces significant damage or loss of life, its name is retired from the lists, and the World Meteorological Organization adds new names beginning with a corresponding letter. At an annual meeting, the World Meteorological Organization decides whether to retire a name. In recent years, for example, Ivan, Frances, Katrina, Felix and Gustav ...
John Edwards Moves Rielle Hunter Nearby, and Elizabeth Packs Her Bags, National Enquirer Reports
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyJohn Edwards is moving his ex-mistress, Rielle Hunter, and her 18-month-old daughter to his neighborhood in North Carolina so that he can take an active role in the baby's life, according to a report in the National Enquirer. "John's admitted to his family and close friends that he's the father of Frances. He says he wants to be a part of her life and help raise his daughter," says a source cited in the Enquirer article. The former senator and Democratic presidential candidate has denied publicly that he is the father of Frances. But as I wrote last week, the Enquirer, citing sources, ...
John Edwards Expected to Admit He Fathered Rielle Hunter's Baby, TV Station Reports
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyJohn Edwards is expected to publicly admit he is the father of the daughter of his former mistress, Rielle Hunter, sources told North Carolina's WRAL News on Thursday. The report followed a story in the National Enquirer that a DNA test proves Edwards' paternity of 18-month-old Frances. The National Enquirer, which broke the original story about the extramarital affair between Edwards and Hunter, cited "multiple sources" in reporting that Edward took a secret DNA test for paternity. The former senator and presidential candidate has previously denied that he is the baby's father; his wife ...
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