MEREDITH'S RETURN TO NBC NEWS:
A VISIT WITH A PRESIDENTIAL GAL PAL

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Meredith Vieira shines in her return to magazine journalism.

WOMEN IN THE BATALLION?
BAD IDEA, PENTAGON

Photo courtesy US Marines via WTSP 10 News
They won't be on the front lines fighting, but they'll be much closer.  The Pentagon is relaxing rules for women near combat situations.  Not a good idea.

NOTE TO TV NEWSPEOPLE:
DON'T PUT YOUR FACE IN A DOG'S FACE

Yeah, not a good idea to jam your fat face into the snout of a recently rescued (and probably nervous) pooch on live television.  Poor dog.

Here's the footage of the pup being rescued from an icy pond.