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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Officials from an Arizona jail say polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs remains on a feeding tube, but his health appears to be improving after eating a few meals.
Mohave County sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter says Jeffs ate a breakfast of eggs, potatoes and fruit Thursday morning. Jeffs has refused most food and liquids for more than a week as part of a religious fast.
Medical staff at the Kingman, Ariz., jail began force-feeding the 53-year-old head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints last Friday after a doctor said she feared Jeffs could die.
Carter says Dr. Kirsten Mortenson now believes Jeffs has improved. Jeffs is in the jail awaiting trials on charges related to alleged underage marriages of polygamous sect girls.
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