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Biography of Dr. John R. Brinkley, the man of questionable medical training and ethics who ran for and narrowly missed winning the governorship of Kansas twice.
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On a Saturday night in 1948, Hank Williams stepped onto the stage of the Louisiana Hayride and sang "Lovesick Blues." Up to that point, Williams's yodeling styl
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