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...Orleans, Clinton took issue with that impression. In an interview with college journalists to be broadcast March 26 on mtvU, an offshoot of the MTV Network that reaches 750 campuses nationwide, Clinton reminded his questioners that he has his offices in Harlem - in a district his wife carried - and that accusations that his remarks were racially motivated were unfounded. "The minute it became possible that [Obama] could be the nominee, he was going to win the lion's share of the African-American vote," he said. "And I never begrudged it. Contrary to the myth, I went through South Carolina...
...Polygamy was the norm in Carolyn Jessop's life. After all, her own father had three wives by the time she was in fourth grade. Her family was part of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a radical offshoot of the Mormon Church. But Jessop's own experience in the cult was so disturbing that she ran away with her eight children four years ago. Last month, the FLDS was in the news when its leader, Warren Jeffs, was found guilty of being...
...addition, belly dancing's pelvic gyrations strengthen the muscles that are most important for labor and help position the baby for delivery. A colorful--and often scarf-intensive--offshoot of the epidural-free childbirth movement, undulating workouts have been a hot topic on maternity blogs since last year's DVD release of Prenatal Bellydance, which remains among the top-selling fitness and yoga DVDs on Amazon.com...
...Wednesday after 114 days in captivity because the Hamas authorities in Gaza made his kidnappers an offer they couldn't refuse: either they freed the Briton or they would be hunted down and killed, a senior Hamas militant told TIME. To Johnston's captors, the Army of Islam, an offshoot of a powerful criminal clan in Gaza known as the Dogmush, there was no doubting Hamas' resolve. In the 48 hours prior to the journalist's release, Hamas gunmen took up positions on rooftops around the Dogmush compound in Gaza City, cut off water and electricity, and arrested several clan...
...board was appointed by President Bush to help implement the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, an offshoot of former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson's efforts to bring transparency to the debilitating effects of radioactive materials on worker health - going back to the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos in Richardson's home state of New Mexico. "We're reversing the decades-old practice of opposing worker claims and moving forward to do the right thing," Richardson said when he announced the plan...