Going public with cancer battle, actress Kathy Bates aims to encourage others

“I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in August of 2003, and during the years that followed, while I was in treatment, I chose not to go public with it,” Going public with cancer battle, actress Kathy Bates aims to encourage others.

White Choir Rocks Gospel Contest

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The Faith Baptist Church Choir competes in St. Louis as part of a search for America’s best church choir.

BY TIM TOWNSEND – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — For nearly four hours on a recent Monday night, about 7,000 people, almost all of them African-American, made a joyful noise unto the Lord — [...]