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...with families like mine in mind that Alexandra Abend set out to organize Autism Family Night in restaurants. Alex, 16, has an 8-year-old autistic brother. "We were at some little restaurant," she recalls, "when my brother started completely freaking out, pulling his hair, trying to bang his head on the table, pulling my dad's hair, biting...I overheard this man behind us say, 'Why can't they be better parents...
...After the event Alex received even more e-mails thanking her. But what she remembers most from that night is this: "My brother was facing the entire restaurant, he flipped out, he had one of his episodes. My dad had to carry him out and calm him down. It was kind of like what happened the other time, except no one was really looking at him and saying, 'What's wrong with your child? Why is he acting like that?' Instead, people asked, 'Are you okay? Do you need anything...
...mandatory blooper bits that accompany the closing credits, there's one where Tucker has just heard an angry Chan tell him they're not brothers. "I'm not your brother?" he squeals. "After all that we been through? Rush Hour 1? Rush Hour Hour 2?" That line alone justifies sitting through Rush Hour 3. I mean, what do you want from a summer threequel anyway...
...your experience in the Marine Corps Reserve help you as an entertainer? -Carson Sparrow, NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK.No. I just had to get out on my own. I didn't have a place to live, and I was sleeping on my brother's couch. He bought my underwear and socks. The Marines was a fresh start-that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name...
Jacob Zuma was born in the poor, sparsely populated area of Nkandla in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal. His father, a policeman, died when he was 3 and his mother found work as a domestic servant in Durban. Zuma was working full-time by 15. His elder brother was an ANC member, and at 17 Zuma joined too. The apartheid government banned the party the next year, 1960. In 1963, Zuma was arrested, convicted of trying to overthrow the government and sentenced to 10 years, which he served on Robben Island, the famous prison off Cape Town where Nelson...