Polygamous Sect Leader Warren Jeffs Gets Life For "Marrying" a Dozen Child Brides


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Warren Jeffs Gets Life in Prison For Marrying Child Brides

If the affable stars of Sister Wives make polygamy seem appealing, Warren Jeffs makes it look like a nightmare. Last week a jury convicted the 55-year-old leader and self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and today Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison for aggravated sexual assault with a child and 20 years for sexual assault of a child. In Read more

Front Page: Iran Fires Missiles, Polygamy Leader Hospitalized, Darfur Peacekeepers Attacked


Updated 07/09/08 10:17 AM · Posted by CitizenSugar · 13 comments

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Iran Fires Missiles: Iran has test-fired nine missiles today, including one capable of reaching Israel. The tests coincide with escalating negotiations over Iran's nuclear program as well as US and UK warships conducting naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. The tests make this quote from yesterday stand out. A senior Iranian official said yesterday that Iran would respond to any military attack Read more

Katherine Heigl to Take On Carolyn Jessop's Polygamy Story


Updated 11/30/10 12:15 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 18 comments

Katherine Heigl to Star In, Produce Carolyn Jessop's Memoir, Escape

Carolyn Jessop's memoir Escape will be adapted for the big screen, with Katherine Heigl attached to star and produce, Variety reports. Jessop, whose testimony helped convict polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, "was born into the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints sect. At 18 she married a man 32 years her senior; at 35, she fled with her eight children." Another memoir focusing on this Read more

Announcing the 2012 Grammy Award Nominations


Updated 02/09/12 3:41 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

2012 Grammy Nominees Full List

For the second year in a row, the Recording Academy has given a hip-hop artist the most Grammy nominations. Last year, it was rapper Eminem with eight, and this year, Kanye West leads the nominees with seven chances at the golden gramophone, including a song of the year nod for "All of the Lights." West is also nominated twice in the rap album of the year category for his collaboration with Jay-Z Read more