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Foster, 44, was well known to authorities in St. Tammany Parish, a relatively prosperous suburb just to the north of New Orleans, and in neighboring Washington Parish, where he lived in the working-class town of Bogalusa (population roughly 13,000). Earlier this decade, he pleaded guilty to monetary instrument abuse charges - essentially forgery and selling counterfeit money. In 2001, he became founding Imperial Wizard of the Southern White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. It launched chapters in Florida, Georgia and Ohio. Then, in 2005, it disbanded. His next act was the Sons of Dixie, and he drew...
...Stalin's count) and Mao's catastrophic Great Leap Forward into prolonged famine in 1957-62 (at least 27 million). Uganda and Kampuchea have produced more recent evidence" - alas, the examples of Rwanda, Bosnia and Somalia could subsequently be added - "that Hitler's policy of mass murder as an instrument of statecraft was not unique...
...would dare cut down, wearing a guitar high on her chest, she could envelop Carnegie Hall with her powerful contralto as other vocalists might fill a phone booth. This was not some pruny European monarch but a stout, imperious queen of African-American music. She used that amazing instrument to bear witness to the pain and perseverance of her ancestors. Some folks sing songs. Odetta testified...
...TIME: What prompted the development of a financial instrument like micro-insurance, and what's the broader impact of new financial instruments aimed at the world's unbanked...
...getting back into it now, despite the constant anxiety over money. He plays for tourists in Old Havana but earns just a few dollars a night. The strings for his instrument are made out of recycled telephone wire; he cuts his guitar picks from shampoo bottles. He is still restless, eager for an upgrade in life...