@Soledad_OBrien, Soledad O'Brien

CNN news anchor Soledad O'Brien was born and raised in St. James and graduated from Smithtown High School East. Credit: Andrew Eccles
The CNN anchor and St. James native updates more than 122,000 Twitter followers on what coming up on her morning show "Starting Point," responds directly to followers and tweets about her personal life -- like hanging out with Dionne Warwick backstage at Carnegie Hall.
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