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Jim Hagerty

Cultural Oddities Examiner

Jim Hagerty is a freelance writer and journalist based in Rockford, Illinois. Aside from his news stories in print, Hagerty has hundreds of Web articles to his credit and has written about everything from politics to punk rock. Jim is a graduate of Northern Michigan University in Marquette.

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