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Ex-LI woman thrust into DNC spotlight

Former Long Island resident Janet Lynn Monaco said she simply pretended the more than 75,000 people at Denver's Invesco Field - and the millions more watching on nationwide TV - weren't there Thursday night when she delivered a short talk just before Barack Obama took the stage.

Monaco said it was the only way she could get through her delivery, one of several that "ordinary Americans" gave...

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