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Texas authorities investigate more polygamy charges

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:47:27 -0700

By ANGELA K. BROWN Associated Press Writer 13 May 2008 CLYDE, Texas (AP) -- Behind guarded, ornate gates at the end of a rural road, a self-proclaimed prophet warns his followers about the end of time and rails against a dangerous and unclean wor...

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U.N. frustration grows at Myanmar's junta over aid

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:01:51 -0700

Mon May 12, 2008 By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ratcheted up the pressure on Myanmar on Monday, saying he was extremely frustrated by the junta's slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 mi...

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White House undermines EPA on cancer risks, GAO says

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:12:18 -0700

By H. JOSEF HEBERT 28 Apr 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is undermining the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to determine health dangers of toxic chemicals by letting nonscientists have a bigger — often secret — say, cong...

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House committee threatens Rove with subpoena

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:15:42 -0700

By BEN EVANS 1 May 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee threatened Thursday to subpoena former White House adviser Karl Rove if he does not agree by May 12 to testify about former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's corruption case. In ...

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Motown Mayoral Mayhem

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:56:03 -0700

Detroit's Scandal Is About More Than Sex By SHIKHA DALMIA April 26, 2008; Wall Street Journal Detroit They are calling it "PagerGate." It's a sex scandal involving Detroit's Democratic Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. It broke in January and, as details...

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China sucks some more.

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:16:00 -0700

U.S. Identifies Tainted Heparin in 11 Countries By GARDINER HARRIS The New York Times Published: April 22, 2008 WASHINGTON — A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monda...

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Some Men Just Suck.

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:40:05 -0700

Men who explain things Every woman knows what it's like to be patronized by a guy who won't let facts get in the way. By Rebecca Solnit April 13, 2008 I still don't know why Sallie and I bothered to go to that party in the forest slope ab...

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Polygamous-sect children ordered to stay in Texas custody

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:47:10 -0700

By MICHELLE ROBERTS The Associated Press Saturday, April 19, 2008; 9:13 AM SAN ANGELO, Texas -- A chaotic two-day hearing ended with dropped heads and silence when a judge ordered that the 416 children taken from a ranch run by a polygamous s...

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Forbidden Fruit

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:14:42 -0700

Inbreeding among polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border is producing a caste of severely retarded and deformed children By John Dougherty Published on December 29, 2005 Fifteen years ago, a strange-looking child suffering from severe physical ...

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Is Texas group a religious sect or clear-cut cult?

nobody@vox.com(Xtine) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:32:08 -0700

Opinions differ on how to characterize alleged polygamists By Jeanna Bryner April 9, 2008 The allegedly polygamous group whose compound was raided this week in Texas is either a religious sect or a full-blown cult, depending on whom you ask. Th...

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