Bush Economy Book

The Bush Boom: How a Misunderestimated President Fixed a Broken Economy

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Texas woman wins a free funeral at baseball game

When Elaine Fulps heard about the Grand Prairie AirHogs’ latest promotion, she knew it was a dead giveaway.

Get to the game and there’s a chance she can win an all-expenses-paid funeral.

“I almost croaked many times,” said Mrs. Fulps, a 60-year-old Arlington resident who was wearing a neck brace, the latest effect of a series of about 20 surgeries for a variety of medical problems.

“God still has me around for a reason,” she said. “To win a funeral.”

She arrived at Tuesday’s game at QuikTrip Park at Grand Prairie as one of the finalists for the $10,000 prize.

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Medical marvel: Baby Macie Hope was born twice

When Chad and Keri McCartney say their infant daughter, Macie Hope, is born again, they aren’t referring to religion — the month-old miracle baby really was born twice.

The first “birth” was about six months into Keri McCartney’s pregnancy, when surgeons at Texas Children’s Hospital took the tiny fetus from Keri’s womb to remove a tumor that would have killed Macie before she was born.

The second time was on May 3, when the McCartneys welcomed their surgically repaired — and perfectly healthy — baby girl into the world.

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