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Byline: Phil Rosenthal

Jun. 2--He has covered the London bombings and Paris riots for ABC News, reported on globalization from China and India. Now Bill Weir is poised for an even greater role on ABC's "Good Morning America" as it takes a renewed run at NBC's perennial breakfast leader "Today" in the post-Katie Couric era. Not bad for a guy hired almost 11 years ago from Green Bay, Wis., to be a third-string sportscaster for Chicago's WGN-Ch. 9. "I am more aware than anyone of my unconventional career path to this chair now," said Weir, 38, co-host of the weekend edition of "GMA," from New York. "There are second acts in American lives, despite what you've heard." Charlie Gibson, installed as anchor of ...

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