EAST SPENCER — Karen Foxx says she has come from prostitution, homelessness and drug addiction to co-found a church, write a book, have five children and marry her first love. “Whenever you want to ...

On Sept. 5, 1989, President George H.W. Bush appeared on live television to discuss what he called the nation's "gravest domestic threat." Sitting at his desk in the oval office, Bush held up a bag of ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama --- Chernell Bizzell was hungry. It had been a day-and-a-half since she had last eaten -- probably a 25 cent bag of potato chips -- and her stomach was empty. She'd heard how a ...

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