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...already the perfect outsider fable. A Manhattan investment banker raised on Long Island, Milk arrived in San Francisco in the early '70s. He opened Castro Camera in the run-down Castro district, which was fast becoming an enclave for the not-yet-outspoken gay culture. With the aid of an unlikely ally, the Teamsters, he organized a boycott of Coors Beer, which at the time refused to hire gays. After three losing runs for a city supervisor seat, he won in 1977, and a year later he helped defeat Proposition 6, which would have banned gay men and women from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milk: It's Good, and Good for You | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

No� Ram�rez (above), the former head of Mexico's antidrug effort, has been arrested and accused of taking a $450,000 bribe from drug cartels in exchange for tips on narcotics investigations. With $400 million in U.S. aid for the drug war partially contingent on rooting out corruption, high-profile arrests are on the rise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...bipartisan agreement may have resuscitated legislation that would extend federal student aid to some illegal aliens, according to media reports. “On immigration, there’s been an agreement between [President-elect Barack] Obama and [Senator John] McCain to move forward on that,” Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said in an interview with the Gannett News Service last weekend. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, has pushed the Senate to enact comprehensive immigration reform in recent years. Last June, amid a fevered debate and nation-wide protests, the Senate failed to pass a massive immigration...

Author: By Sean R. Ouellette, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Federal Initiative May Aid Illegal Aliens | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

Brown’s financial aid office has been active, implementing measures such as waiving a balance requirement for spring semester pre-registration and increasing the number of counselors available to discuss financial aid options...

Author: By Michael Y. Sun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivy League Universities Issue Statements Concerning Their Responses to the Economic Downturn | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Princeton recently scaled back its decade-long, $3.9 billion capital spending plan, slashing the total outlay by $300 million. The $300 million cut will mostly affect construction projects. At the same time, Princeton’s financial aid office plans an additional $3 to $4 million in spending to meet increased student needs...

Author: By Michael Y. Sun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ivy League Universities Issue Statements Concerning Their Responses to the Economic Downturn | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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