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  • Junior Johnson guilty
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    Ex-billionaire convicted in federal fraud case

    Charles "Junior" Johnson, a Lexington native who became a billionaire before he was 40, was found guilty Thursday on charges of fraud in a scheme that toppled Las Vegas-based PurchasePro and the executives who headed it.
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  • She was the queen of gospel music

    She wrote songs with verses that would make Shakespeare smile, and when she was on a stage, she owned it, her friends said Monday.

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