It was no secret that a polygamist sect that built a compound in the west Texas desert believed in marrying off underage girls to older men. The sheriff had an informant for four years who was feeding him information about life inside the sect. But authorities say their hands were tied until last week.
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/ 15 February 2008
Democrat Barack Obama is the ”Yes We Can” candidate of the 2008 presidential race, an Elvis-like presence riding a wave of popular enthusiasm unseen in United States politics in many years. By contrast, rival Hillary Clinton is the policy wonk who says she has the solutions to what ails America, and she frequently lists them.
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/ 31 January 2008
Margaret Truman Daniel, the only child of former United States president Harry S Truman who was known for her mystery novels and singing career, died on January 29 after a brief illness. Truman was in college when her father, who was serving as vice-president, became the president following the death of Franklin D Roosevelt in 1945.
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/ 5 December 2007
For the Facebook generation, love now comes with a drop-down menu. With profiles on the Facebook social networking site almost de rigueur on campuses, students can define their relationship status with menu choices ranging from ”married” to that perennial favorite, ”It’s complicated.”