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...Sunday, in Sweetwater, the Mormon candidate who has been married to the same woman for almost forty years found himself trying to explain the appeal of Florida's sun-soaked fairer sex. "Why are there so many beautiful women here? I haven't figured this out," Romney said, innocently enough. "Cuban American women are gorgeous...
Relying on data from the Utah Population Database (UPDB), a genetics goldmine that combines Mormon genealogy records with vital statistics and cancer records, researchers were able to identify many of the Fry descendants. The UPDB has records on 6 million people dating back to those born in the 1700s - the most extensive genealogical resource in the world. "The only place comparable would be Iceland, but they only have some 250,000 people countrywide," says Geraldine Mineau, who oversees the database...
...Utah branch of the Fry family began when a Mormon pioneer couple arrived in the state in the 1840s. Today there are more than 7,000 Fry descendants in Utah, spanning nine generations. The researchers tracked down more than 1,000 of the Utah Frys and identified 220 with the genetic mutation (according to the lineage, the other 6,000 members of the clan are not believed to have inherited the mutation), who accounted for 0.15% of all colorectal cancers reported in the state from 1966 to 1995. Based on that percentage, researchers expected to see eight cases of colon...
...Clinton's perceived strengths on the issue that has suddenly rocketed to the top of voters' concerns nationally - the economy. Clinton won 51% of the overall vote to Obama's 45% and Edwards' embarrassingly low 4%. (Mitt Romney won the GOP caucuses easily, capitalizing on Nevada's sizeable Mormon population and the fact that none of his Republican opponents made more than a token effort in the Silver State.) Roughly 100,000 voters participated in caucuses that were moved forward in the primary calendar specifically to give a western state a say in determining who would win the two parties...
...already-harried pre-meds. Dennis Kucinich (Representative from Ohio) PRO: Eco-friendly shower-heads for everyone! CON: Eco-friendly shower-heads for everyone! Mike Gravel (Senator from Alaska) PRO: Tells teens to do drugs. CON: Will not get elected. Republicans Mitt Romney (Governor of Massachusetts) PRO: If all Mormons are like Napolean Dynamite, we’re on board. CON: Least fun Mormon ever: upholds anti-alcohol position, renounces kinky potential of polygamy. Mike Huckabee (Governor of Arkansas) PRO: Endorsed by Chuck Norris’s Right Leg. CON: Chuck Norris would never write a book called...