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• ‘I was 17 and he was 50’

      February 22, 2009 in News on Page A1 When she was just 17, Mary Mackert was forced to marry a man who was 50.

  She’d been taught there was nothing else she could do. 5

• Polygamist sect on Idaho-B.C. border drawing new scrutiny

    February 15, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 In the scenic international border region where Idaho’s Panhandle meets British Columbia, polygamy is a way of life for hundreds – the open secret that’s gone untouched by authorities until …