By BROOKE ADAMS, Salt Lake Tribune

FLDS mom happy to have her children back

SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Hearing her three children cry out for her is the sweetest sound in the world to Lori Jessop.Seven weeks after being forced apart, Jessop has her family together again -- husband, Joseph S. Jessop Sr., and children Ziana, 4, Joeson, 2, and J.R., 1.But will it last?

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In Texas standoff, battle over FLDS kids gets rough

SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Saddle up, because it ain't over yet.The largest child-welfare case in United States history bucked participants and spectators every which way last week -- and the wild ride will continue.

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Child of polygamy sect hopes book helps others leave

Months after helping to send Warren S. Jeffs to prison, Elissa Wall is telling her story in a book she hopes will lead women and girls to leave his polygamous sect."Stolen Innocence" debuts amid a child custody battle in Texas involving the polygamous lifestyle and marriage practices of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

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Sheets found in safe reveal polygamist family details

Census sheets found in a safe at a polygamous sect's ranch in west Texas both support and contradict the state's claim of a widespread culture of underage marriage. Texas authorities used the sheets to convince a judge that there was a "pervasive pattern" among the FLDS of marrying underage girls to older men.

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FLDS attorney outraged by Texas tip sheet

SAN ANGELO, Texas -- A tip sheet provided to Texas case workers working with women and children from a polygamous sect has outraged an attorney working with their families, who says it promotes unfounded stereotypes. The "Cultural Competencies" tip sheet warns that workers should expect FLDS members to be fearful, self-destructive and distrustful of government.

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Grandfather recalls 1953 raid on polygamist sect

SAN ANGELO, Texas -- For four years Dan Barlow held his tongue, uttering not a word of explanation or anger about being sent away from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.Now, he is coming to the polygamous sect's defense.

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Does victim at center of polygamy case actually exist?

SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Where is the girl? Thursday marked two weeks since Texas authorities entered a polygamous sect's ranch near Eldorado and removed every child living there, but authorities still do not know if they have the 16-year-old whose alleged calls for help moved them to act. Members of the sect question whether she really exists.

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Study will test effect of exercise on Alzheimer's sufferers

SALT LAKE CITY -- There is no proven treatment yet for Alzheimer's disease. But growing evidence shows that regular exercise may delay its onset and progression -- a theory researchers at LDS Hospital plan to put to the test.

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