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    140 Characters To Engage

    "How do you get a red wine stain off a baby?" Over half a million Twitter followers laugh along with Kelly Oxford every day. Tune in as Kelly dissects some of her most famous tweets, from her observations on raising three kids to her take on pop culture insanity.

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