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...poring over voting records, parsing candidates' rhetoric and tapping those who will do the people's bidding. In this district, as in other regions where distrust of government runs deep, the congregation is growing. "People need to understand that whoever you vote for, these guys work for you," says Dion Richardson, a Lynchburg lawyer. "They're not rock stars. That's your employee. He's no different than the guy that cuts your grass." See pictures of members of the Tea Party movement...
...seventh year, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest is a miniaturized version of Eurovision, the massively popular, continent-wide singing competition that has launched the careers of performers like Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias and ABBA. Every year, some 14,000 children aged 10 to 15 compete for a chance to represent their country in the final - and become the next Beyoncé. But while there is real singing talent on display, the competition is also a reminder - doused in glitter - of the everyday struggles of growing up. "The kids have to write their own lyrics, so it offers a really good...
Most of these auctions are arranged by Southern Star Auctioneers, a Georgia company run by Dion Abadi, who has faced a number of official complaints and fines in recent years in multiple states. At one so-called Madoff auction held this fall in West Palm Beach, Fla. - a community hard hit by Madoff, who once owned houses and other property in nearby Palm Beach and who is now serving a 150-year prison sentence for his massive Ponzi scheme - many potential bidders exited fuming. "They all thought it was Madoff stuff, and it's not; it's from all over...
...Mozart what operas to write or how to write them. And you certainly don't tell Phil Spector what songs to write or how to write them, or what records to produce or how to produce them." - in an statement following the removal of all his work on Celine Dion's 1996 album Falling into You (Vanity Fair, June...
...enthusiasm for the Dalai Lama’s ideas. Allyson R. Lent, a first-year student at the Divinity School studying to be ordained in a Unitarian Universalist church, said she wants to spread the Dalai Lama’s message about compassion to her own communities. Daniel M. Dion, a student in his final year studying Catholic theology, said, “I care about inter-religious dialogue, and it’s important to have the possibility of dialogue, especially in my faith.” The Dalai Lama wanted to hear from the students and faculty, according...