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Warren Jeffs: A sect's prophet, teacher, fugitive
Times Staff WritersCOLORADO CITY, Ariz. — There is nothing physically imposing about Warren Jeffs. He's tall and reedy with a quavering voice and, acquaintances say, an especially limp handshake. Family members describe the church leader as secretive, strict and...Tags: Lawyers, Cults and Sects, Child Abuse, Abusive Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency
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N.H. couple evade death and taxes
Times Staff WriterPlainfield, N.H. — SHE sits on the lookout in a lawn chair on their front porch, her forehead glossy with sweat, Bible next to her left foot, wind chimes clinking at her back. Her husband of 24 years is by her side, German shepherd at his knee,...Tags: Crimes, Death, Gun Control, Law Enforcement, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Courtney Love leases home
Rocker Courtney Love -- who once declared that she wasn't a woman but a force of nature and got little argument -- has rented a sprawling Mediterranean in the Hollywood Hills for about $20,000 a month.
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'Entourage'...Tags: Natural Resources, Homes, Farms, Mickey Rourke, Furniture
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Phantom Planet explores cults in 'Raise the Dead'
Special to The TimesThere is a dark side to pop. It can be heard in the Beatles' "Helter Skelter," the Rolling Stones' "Midnight Rambler," Elvis Costello's "Accidents Will Happen." For songwriters, bad news can be an inspiration. Alex Greenwald, the singer-guitarist of L.A.-...Tags: Death, Cults and Sects, Elvis Costello, Stranger Than Fiction, The O.C. (tv program)
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A Sect's Prophet, Teacher, Fugitive
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersCOLORADO CITY, Ariz. -- There is nothing physically imposing about Warren Jeffs. He's tall and reedy with a quavering voice and, acquaintances say, an especially limp handshake. Family members describe the church leader as secretive, strict and "very...Tags: Crimes, Social Issues, Death, Cults and Sects, Lawyers
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DEAR ME
J.R. Moehringer is a senior writer for West.Like many young people, Matt Sly and Jay Patrikios spent a fair amount of time thinking about the future. Then one day they were thinking about the past, playing Trivial Pursuit with a group of friends, and they thought: Wouldn't it be cool if your Past...Tags: Sandra Bullock, Death, Colleges and Universities, Craigslist, Inc., Keanu Reeves
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Edwin O. Guthman, 89; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEdwin O. Guthman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and editor whose aggressive pursuit of Watergate stories during the 1970s earned him the enmity of President Nixon and the No. 3 spot on Nixon's infamous enemies list, has died. He was...Tags: Crimes, Unions, Death, Des Moines Register, John F. Kennedy
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Column: Doomsday predictions come and go
If you are reading this, you have survived the end of the world. Again. For many years, people have been unsuccessfully predicting the end of the world and people have been believing them. One of the more recent examples of dooms day prophesy is...Tags: FBI, Entertainment Events, Harold Camping, Weather, Nobel Prize Awards
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Letters to the Editor - Sept. 29
Don’t ram the iceberg a second time To the editor: I am writing today in response to Rodney Guessford’s letter from July 26. In his letter, Guessford asks why Republicans would vote for Mitt Romney — other than to vote against...Tags: Mitt Romney, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Abusive Behavior, Interior Policy, Republican Party
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Drones are different
The recent crash of a $176 million Navy drone in a Chesapeake Bay marsh highlights a number of brewing issues over the domestic use of this new technology. Over the past decade, since the United States' invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan and framed by the...
Tags: Immigration, Lawyers, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Criminals
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Free speech, free press, free assembly First Amendment - Part Four
Pastor Berachah Baptist Church"... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances." The remaining clause of the amendment is necessary due again to the lessons learned in...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Justice and Rights, Church and State Relations, Edmund Burke, Adolf Hitler
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April 19: A good and not so good day in history
KIAHApril 19 is not just another day on the calendar. Lots of things good, and not so good, happened on this day in history. For instance, today is the day 'the shot heard around the world' took place, the first fighting in the American Revolution back in...Tags: Boston Marathon, Abraham Lincoln, Terry Nichols, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), NASA
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