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...Texas Supreme Court ordered the return of the children taken from its ranch in Eldorado in April. But the state's attorney general Greg Abbott pledged to prosecute FLDS members to the full extent of the law. And this week, after going through evidence taken from the Yearning for Zion Ranch, Abbott indicted Warren Jeffs - the "Prophet" of the polygamists - along with four of his followers on charges of first-degree felony sexual assault of a minor. (The four men were not named, and law-enforcement officials are still seeking their arrest.) Evidence gathered during the raid included two photographs...
What They're Wearing in Texas A group of mothers from the Yearning for Zion polygamist ranch are enjoying a new type of media attention--by selling their prairie-style clothing online. Available at fldsdress.com the children's apparel, including overalls and "princess dresses," retails for $20 to $70. The group originally launched the site to provide proper outfits for the nearly 400 children taken during the April 3 raid on their compound...
...June 2, a district judge ordered the return of nearly 460 children to a polygamist sect's care after a state supreme court ruled in its favor. But Child Protective Services and the Attorney General will continue investigations into alleged sexual abuse on the sect's Yearning for Zion ranch. Though no charges have been filed, families cannot leave the state...
...parks themselves. In 2004, only a last-minute offer of $8.5 million from the federal government stopped a developer from building a 62-acre luxury subdivision in another part of the Valley Forge park. In 2005, the National Park Service was unable to buy a 20-acre site inside Zion National Park and the owners have subsequently turned it into a private spiritual retreat center. And Gettysburg, not too far from Valley Forge, remains among the nation's most threatened historical sites. With roughly 20% of the battlefield in private hands, preservationists are in a constant battle to block private...
...here in Galilee - where Druze and Arab villages perch on the same scrubby ridgelines as Jewish towns, all within easy reach of Hizballah rockets, and the region's peoples continue to squabble over the mantle of historic victimhood - young Americans committed to God and Zion may find comfort in a world of Death-eaters and wizards...