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...flushed them out in six weeks," says Randy Mankin, editor and publisher of the weekly El Dorado Success, circulation 1,200. Sitting in an old office chair amidst an archive of yellowing newspapers and modern computer equipment, he says the massive construction at the Red Cheek site sparked suspicions. When the paper checked Allred's Utah connections, it discovered that the men were in Eldorado to set up a large gated compound for the Fundamentalist Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a religious group that believes in "celestial marriage" - polygamy. The FLDS admitted to town leaders they...
What are your feelings about being in the "Car of Tomorrow" for its first full season? -Kelly Alexander, El Dorado, Kans.I'm excited about it. When it first came out, I wasn't a big fan. As a racecar driver and somebody who loves cars, and cool cars, you want something that's sleek and aerodynamic and cool looking. It took a lot for me to accept it. Now, the teams have really spent time looking at this car and the characteristics of it. We've really gotten the cars driving better. I think you're going...
Democrats - Barack Obama has taken Kansas, where Gov. Kathleen Sebelius gave him her endorsement. He has ties to the traditionally Republican state: His mother was born at Fort Leavenworth during World War II, and Stanley Dunham, her father and Obama's grandfather, was a native of El Dorado...
...Principe is part of a string of countries on the Gulf of Guinea, the right angle in Africa's west coast, which is the oil industry's new El Dorado. By some estimates, Africa holds 10% of the world's reserves, but that figure belies the importance West Africa has already achieved as a source of energy. According to Poisoned Wells, a new book on African oil by Nicholas Shaxson, an associate fellow with international affairs institute Chatham House in London, the U.S. imported more oil from Africa than from the Middle East in 2005, and more from the Gulf...
...their religious ceremonies. As part of the Muisca tribe's accession rites, for instance, a new chief was anointed in gold dust and sent on a raft into a lake, into which he'd hurl gold pieces as an offering to the gods. This ritual spawned the El Dorado legend of the fabled lost city coveted by Spanish conquistadors...