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CHICAGO -- Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholstery shop cutting rectangles of cotton fabric that ...

Thomas Nakazawa, the owner of Stitch Master Custom Embroidery and Screen Printing, is using his machines to make face masks and cover-ups for medical workers and hospital patients.