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Meet America's 'Most Inspirational Mom'

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 7:15am

ATLANTA -- Being a great mom requires an around-the-clock effort. No one knows this better than Lorrie Wolfe who was named America's Most Inspirational Mom, through a pursuit conducted by Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Wolfe's ascension caps a nationwide search launched last November by Lucille O'Neal, BGCA and longtime partner Kimberly-Clark Corporation, which will yield her a full-tuition scholarship to University of Phoenix where she will major in Criminal Justice.

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Utah woman keeps hope 17 years after mom vanished

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 30, 2011 - 9:54am

SANDY -- A Utah woman says she still holds out hope for new leads 17 years after her mother mysteriously vanished.

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(The Associated Press) This file photo provided Oct. 4, 2011, by the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, shows Lisa Irwin. Police and federal authorities have been searching extensively for Irwin who was 10 months old when her parents reported her missing on Oct. 4, 2011.

Lawyer: Mom of missing baby has ‘nothing to hide’

Maria Sudekum Fisher The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 9:46am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mother of a missing Missouri baby may not be casting herself in the best light by telling national media that she drank heavily the night her daughter disappeared and other unflattering details, but her honesty shows that she and her family “have nothing to hide,” her attorney said.

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Hooper mother presented award

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, May 6, 2011 - 10:28pm

HOOPER — Patti Adams, of Hooper, has been awarded the Barbara Thompson Gift for 2011.

The gift is given annually to support a needful and deserving mother, child or worthy cause. Because of Adams’ dedicated leadership as director of Freedom Riders, Adams will receive a cash award for the program.

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Reader submitted Mother-Daughter Look-a-likes / 05-06-11

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Last updated Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 5:05pm

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Brooke Nelson McArthur make her way up the stairs with her 9-month-old son. McArthur was born without legs and says it is easier not to use prosthetic limbs.

Prosthetic legs? Roy woman hasn't used them since she was 15 and didn't like them anyway

Stephanie Chambers Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Monday, April 11, 2011 - 6:01pm

ROY -- Brooke Nelson McArthur, 22, doesn't know what the big deal is. She's just doing what she has always done -- living a full and good life without legs.

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