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Just weeks after retiring from his Westwood One syndicated show, longtime Talk personality Jim Bohannon has passed away at the age of 78. Bohannon stepped down from his show in October after being off the air for most of the summer for unnamed health reasons. He began his radio career in 1960 at KLWT in his hometown of Lebanon, Missouri. Following college and military service during the Vietnam War, he returned to radio in the Washington DC market as a newscaster at 980 WRC, 1050 WGAY and 1500 WTOP. He later worked as a morning anchor at WCFL Chicago and...

Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina shot back at a Washington Post story stating that her 2010 Senate campaign mismanaged its finances, including not giving a final paycheck to the widow of her pollster, who died a month before Election Day. According to MSNBC, Fiorina assailed "the left and their allies in the media" for the story, which was based on more than two dozen interviews with staff members, friends, contractors and operatives who worked on the 2010 Senate campaign. All said there was a huge problem with the operation: It didn't manage money well. Fiorina said Monday that The Post...

Traficant must doff his famous coif in prison Thursday, August 1, 2002 Mark Niquette The Columbus Dispatch Ex-congressman James A. Traficant Jr. lost his freedom this week, and he'll soon lose his trademark hair, too. Traficant, who was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for bribery and other crimes, became a nationally recognized figure as much for his mop top as for his 1970s wardrobe and "tell-it-like-it-is'' speech. Although some people thought the famous hair too unruly to be a toupee -- Traficant said he styled it with a Weedwacker -- he had to remove his hairpiece in a...