Monday follow-ups
Burris Senate nomination
In a follow up to, Turned away in the rain: Burris denied seat in US Senate:
Pantagraph reports:
In a follow up to, Daughters for debts:
The US is not immune when it comes to fathers selling their daughters into matrimony.
The Associated Press reports:
In a follow up to, Turned away in the rain: Burris denied seat in US Senate:
Pantagraph reports:
Burris met with cheers despite rough road to Senate.
Roland Burris was welcomed with hearty cheers at a Capitol Hill reception and shouts of encouragement on the streets of Washington, D.C., Monday.Fathers selling their daughters
For Illinois’ newest U.S. senator, it was a day of happiness after he won a political test of wills to take the seat formerly held by President-elect Barack Obama.
In a follow up to, Daughters for debts:
The US is not immune when it comes to fathers selling their daughters into matrimony.
The Associated Press reports:
Cops say dad sold girl to groom for cash and beer
A California man has been arrested for arranging for his 14-year-old daughter to marry a neighbor in exchange for $16,000, 100 cases of beer and several cases of meat, police said.
Authorities in Greenfield, a farming community on California's central coast, said they learned of the deal after Marcelino de Jesus Martinez, 36, asked them for help getting back his daughter after payment wasn't made.
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