Articles by Jenny Jarvie

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As President Bush today got a firsthand look at the Iowa cities swamped by record flooding, thousands of volunteers continued to line up along the swollen Mississippi River, piling sandbags in an effort to stop more water from spilling into farmland in Missouri and Illinois. Read more

Curtis Westbrook cut a lonely figure as he sat outside his trailer this week, chain-smoking as workmen hauled another empty trailer away. Read more

For the first time in more than half a century, the Odell residence is quiet. Read more

There’s little evidence in Bob Barr’s office that the former Republican congressman is on the verge of running for president.There are no throngs of volunteers. Read more

Scores of Atlanta’s law enforcement, transit and business leaders joined Mayor Shirley Franklin on Thursday to urge Gov. Read more

Attorney Donna Broom had no idea what to expect when she threw her bags in her green Chevy Tahoe on Wednesday and set off on an eight-hour drive from Houston to San Angelo. Read more

A judge ruled this evening that 416 children seized by authorities during a raid on a polygamous sect’s compound are at risk of sexual abuse if they stay with the group and must be placed into foster care. Read more

A Texas judge stopped a hearing to decide the fates of hundreds of children seized from a polygamist compound shortly after it began today, as hundreds of lawyers demanded to study the first piece of evidence before it could be introduced. Read more