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Extended family

• Correction: Israel-Struggling Sect story

  In a story March 17 about eastern European brides joining the Holy Land's dwindling Samaritan community, The Associated Press misspelled the name of ... 

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  Gypsies flock to bridal fair as parents negotiate

  Donka Hristova lets her mother pull her skintight mini-dress a half-inch down her leg. Checking her makeup one last time, she joins her two younger ... 

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  Italian traditions provide buffers to the crisis

  Self-made Italians like Amedeo Tartarini never expected to need help. Tartarini's goldsmith business thrived for decades in Italy's postwar boom. 

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  'Being Mandela:' Granddaughters take to reality TV

  The newest reality television show is in some ways like any other: mother and daughters, sibling rivalry, family gossip and talk of Big Grandpa, who ... 

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  Smaller crowd, but still excitement this time

  Schoolteacher Patricia Cooper gazed out at the many hundreds of thousands of people lining the National Mall, moments after Barack Obama had been ... 

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  What Te'o said to try to explain girlfriend hoax

  Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o tried to clear the air about how he fell into an online relationship with a fictitious woman he met online who called ... 

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  Kenya village pairs AIDS orphans with grandparents

  There are no middle-aged people in Nyumbani. They all died years ago, before this village of hope in Kenya began. Only the young and old live here.