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    Plural marriage group carves out life on a desert rock

    At midday Enoch Foster, center, gets a break from working on his families new home. His wives, Catrina, right, and Lillian, left, bring him lunch.
    PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
    At the end of the day Enoch Foster joined by his wives, Catrina, left, and Lillian, center, as he reads the children a bedtime story.
    PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE
    Above right: Shaniah Knecht, 9, left, and her sister, Charity, 12, work on milking one of their families three cows at Rockland Ranch.
    PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE

    Adam Scott takes one-shot lead

    Adam Scott of Australia, left, and the gallery watch his shot through the air during the second round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, on Friday.
    PHOTO: AP
    Kyeong Bae of South Korea watches her shot after teeing off on the fifth hole during the second round of the Stanford International in Aventura, Florida, on Friday.
    PHOTO: AP

    'I was raped'

    Jennifer Baumgardner, a 37-year-old writer and feminist activist, at home in Brooklyn, New York. Baumgardner's new T-shirt allows women to proclaim that they have been raped.
    PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE

    [BOOK REVIEW] Have PhD, will travel

    GYPSY SCHOLARS, MIGRANT TEACHERS AND THE GLOBAL

    ACADEMIC PROLETARIAT


    Edited by Rudolphus Teeuwen

    and Steffen Hantke

    221 pages

    Rodopi



    Aussie claims Dahlonega victory

    Tour de Georgia riders make their way up the steep Crown Mountain Road during stage five of the tour in Lumpkin County, Georgia, on Friday.
    PHOTO: AP

    [BOOK REVIEW] The 'iceman' cometh

    Trauma

    By Patrick McGrath

    210 pages

    Alfred A. Knopf



    Cleveland triumph over Yankees 6-4

    The Cleveland Indians¡¦ Kelly Shoppach is out at second base, tagged by the New York Yankees¡¦ Robinson Cano, as Shoppach tried to stretch a single into a double during the second inning of their baseball game on Friday in Cleveland.
    PHOTO: AP

    Sweden invites ships to plug in to cut emissions

    The Dutch ship "Schieborg," employed by Stora Enso, uses the shore-side electrical plug at the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden this month.
    PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE

    Federer, Nadal move into Monte Carlo semis

    Roger Federer jubilates after his victory against David Nalbandian during the Monte-Carlo ATP Masters series tournament tennis match yesterday in Monaco. Federer survived a brutal first set assault to beat the Argentine sixth seed 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.
    PHOTO: AFP

    NFL: Penguins overcome deficit to triumph over Rangers 5-4

    The Pittsburgh Penguins¡¦ Evgeni Malkin, left, celebrates scoring the game-winning goal against the the New York Rangers¡¦ Henrik Lundqvist during the third period of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-finals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Friday. The Penguins beat the Rangers 5-4.
    PHOTO: EPA

    NBA: 76ers overpower Pistons to take lead in series 2-1

    The Philadelphia 76ers¡¦ Samuel Dalembert dunks in front of the Detroit Pistons¡¦ Rasheed Wallace during the second half of their Eastern Conference Playoff basketball game at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Friday.
    PHOTO: EPA

    Ballack¡¦s penalty kick reins in United

    Chelsea¡¦s Joe Cole, center, battles for the ball with Manchester United¡¦s Rio Ferdinand, right, and Wes Brown during their English Premier League match at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. Chelsea won the game 2-1.
    PHOTO: AFP

    Clarke storms to top of Asian Open leaderboard

    Taiwan¡¦s Lin Wen-tang watches his tee shot at the second hole during the third round of the Asian Open at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club in Shanghai, China, yesterday.
    PHOTO: AP

    Brewing ethanol fuel in your own backyard

    Floyd Butterfield, left, and Thomas Quinn are pictured with the MicroFueler in Los Gatos, California, this month. They say this ethanol system could be a threat to the oil industry.
    PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE

    Spain take a commanding Fed Cup lead over China

    Spain¡¦s Nuria Llagostera Vives watches the ball during her Fed Cup World Group semi-final match against Zheng Jie of China at the International Tennis Center in Beijing yesterday.
    PHOTO: AFP

    Smellable, edible, singing ads are popping your way

    An advertising insert features a pop-up ad for the 3 Musketeers mint bar. With so much of the publishing industry shifting to the Web, magazine executives are trying to use their print products as a tactical advantage.
    PHOTO: NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE

    Berlin Wall back up ¡X on a multimedia map

    Traffic makes its way down Berlin's Friedrichstrasse on April 15. The Friedrichstrasse, for many years cut in two by the Berlin Wall, has become the city's "shopping mile" with prestigious brands competing side by side for tourists' attention. At center in the background is the the former "Checkpoint Charlie."
    PHOTO: AFP

    NLD complains about intimidation

    Protesters shout slogans near Myanmar¡¦s embassy in Tokyo yesterday. About 10 demonstrators were injured in a scuffle with Japanese police outside the embassy ahead of a referendum on the military-backed constitution in their country.
    PHOTO: AP

    Emiratis agonize about minority status

    Foreign workers stand in line to take a bus that will transport them to where they live at the end of their shift at a construction site in Dubai on Wedenesday. The growing concern of Emiratis about being a minority in their own country surfaced again last week, with a senior official warning that it could lead to the collapse of the regime.
    PHOTO: AFP

    Conservatives tighten grip on Iran parliament

    An Iranian woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Tehran during the second round of Iran¡¦s parliamentary elections on Friday. The run-off votes across the country will determine who takes the 82 seats in the 290-seat chamber which were not decided outright in the first round on March 14.
    PHOTO: AFP

    FEATURE: Youths draw on tradition to save Cyprus donkeys

    Donkeys stand in the Karpas Peninsula in northern Cyprus on Aug. 19 last year. The donkey is an integral part of Mediterranean culture, and friends on Cyprus are working to protect one of the world¡¦s last wild colonies from extinction.
    PHOTO: AFP

    Great white strikes off coast of southern California

    A sign on a locked gate prohibiting water activity sits above Tide Beach after a shark attack in Solana Beach, California, on Friday. A shark attacked and killed a swimmer who was training in the ocean off San Diego County with a group of triathletes. The shark is believed to have been a great white between 3.7m and 5m long.
    PHOTO: AP

    More attacks feared after 26 die in Sri Lanka blast

    Sri Lankan police guard the wreckage of a bus yesterday, a day after a powerful bomb exploded inside the vehicle, killing 26 people.
    PHOTO: AFP

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