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BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK Spencer Tracy was Oscar-nominated for his work in this taut 1955 drama as a stranger who arrives in a Western town seeking a fallen war heros father.

From texts to totes: Pittsfield woman gives old books new lives as purses

Lynette Cornwell had a novel idea. Out of it grew a - Novel Idea. The backstory to that change from lower to upper case, began a few years ago in a local collage art group she'd joined. Collage is the art of decorating flat surfaces with pasted-on materials.

Nuts about their wheels

From people who name their children after cars to the man who was buried in his Pontiac, we take a look at true motoring devotion.

Spiritual Helpers

The spirituality of Native Americans is profound... Everything they made had prayers infused into it.

Marquette grad interns for Montana senator

ALTON - An Alton native is experiencing a side of politics that will serve her well in her future medical career. Emily Freeman, 22, is spending the summer in Washington, D.C., working as an intern in the office of U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.