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Ex-Drug Officer Shows Users How to Avoid Arrest

October 31, 2007 • A former top narcotics officer, credited with more than 800 arrests in eight years, is now selling a DVD that shows marijuana users how to avoid arrest when traveling with a stash. Law enforcement officials are outraged.

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Music News

In Dallas, a Hip-Hop Plea: Pull Your Pants Up

October 24, 2007 • A Dallas official says saggy pants have sunk to a new low in the city. He briefly considered an ordinance banning low-slung pants, but instead launched a hip-hop campaign with a simple message: Pull Your Pants Up.

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The '08 Candidates' First Campaign

Paul Has Long Drawn Support from Unlikely Places

October 7, 2007 • GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has become an unlikely Internet celebrity. But it's not the first time Paul has run with an unusual source of grass-roots support: In 1976, he won a House race thanks, in part, to the moms whose babies he'd delivered.

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Reporter's Notebook

A Smile Says it All at the Jeffs Trial

September 29, 2007 • An encounter with an FLDS member at the Warren Jeffs trial leads to an unexpected exchange between two groups who rarely communicated with each other.

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Law

Sect Leader Convicted of Accessory to Rape

September 26, 2007 • Jurors convict Warren Jeffs on charges of accomplice to rape. The leader of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints forced a 14-year-old follower to marry her 19-year-old cousin.

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Law

Jury in Jeffs Case Awaits Final Arguments

September 20, 2007 • The defense rests at the trial of Warren Jeffs, leader of the nation's largest polygamous sect. The last witness was the 19-year-old groom in the arranged marriage of first cousins that lies at the center of the charges.

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Law

Jeffs' Lawyers Put Church Members on Stand

September 19, 2007 • Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints defend Warren Jeffs as a fair and compassionate leader. Jeffs has been charged with two counts of accessory to rape.

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National

Cross-Examination Begins in Warren Jeffs Trial

September 18, 2007 • Defense attorneys in the trial of Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, cross-examine a woman who was 14 when she says Jeffs arranged a marriage for her. Jeffs faces life in prison if convicted of charges of accomplice to rape in the arranged marriage.

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Law

Polygamist's Trial Closes with Emotional Testimony

September 15, 2007 • The first week of the trial of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs closed with dramatic testimony. Jeffs is accused of being an accomplice to rape in the case of a 14-year-old follower. Now 21, the young woman gave emotional testimony on her forced underage marriage.

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Law

Bride Wed at 14 Testifies at Polygamist's Trial

September 14, 2007 • A former teenage bride testified Friday at the trial of Warren Jeffs, leader of a polygamist sect in Utah and Arizona. She recalled the day in 2001 when she says Jeffs ordered her to marry her cousin. Jeffs is accused of coercing the then-14-year-old into a union she says she did not want.

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Law

Trial Under Way for Polygamist Sect Leader

September 14, 2007 • The trial of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs began this week in southern Utah. Jeffs is charged with being an accomplice to rape after arranging a marriage between a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old cousin.

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Law

Trial Begins for Polygamist Warren Jeffs

September 13, 2007 • The trial of Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is under way in southern Utah. The church is the nation's largest polygamist sect. The trial centers on the arranged marriage of an allegedly unwilling teen to her cousin.

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Katrina, Two Years Later

Houston Holds Hope, Despair for Katrina Evacuees

August 27, 2007 • Two years after Hurricane Katrina emptied New Orleans, more than 90,000 evacuees live in Houston, permanently it seems. Life for all of them has been difficult, and their stories are a mix of sadness, loneliness and triumphant hope.

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Katrina, Two Years Later

Rebuilding in Houston, Evacuees Grapple with Past

August 27, 2007 • Two years after Hurricane Katrina, some people are finding their New Orleans past is a hindrance in Houston. Others are trying to rebuild the close-knit community they left behind.

Obituaries

Textbook Watchdog Norma Gabler Dies

August 1, 2007 • Norma Gabler, who, along with her husband Mel, exerted huge influence over the U.S. textbook industry as a watchdog for material they considered anti-family, has died.

Textbook Watchdog Norma Gabler Dies

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