Brandon Garner, killed leaving work, conquered childhood health problems only to die young
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Twenty-four years ago, doctors told Linda Johnson her prematurely born son would not live past age 7.
Swigging a cold one on the front porch, Mark turned to Gloria and spat an oath, or maybe it was the other way around. In any case, Mark spoke next.
It is a matter of cruel economics, in nature as in human affairs, that one individual’s calamity may be another’s shining opportunity.
They’re a family in Raytown that Sen. Claire McCaskill uses to make a point. They illustrate what many hardworking families in Missouri are going through these days. McCaskill calls them “the imaginary family.”
Tiffany Meixueiro walked out of last week’s school fair at the Southeast Community Center with the typical freebies given to an eighth-grader: spiral notebook, pencil bag, glue stick.
John McCain was staring right at me, and he wasn’t happy. “If you want to keep asking me over and over again, you’re welcome to,” he said one day last month at Wheeler Downtown Airport. “I don’t know how much time we have. You keep asking me the same question.”
Twenty-four years ago, doctors told Linda Johnson her prematurely born son would not live past age 7.
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