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...more and spend time in the aisles of grocery stores and talking to people and they'd find out that there is a world of frustration and anger. It's not politically based. These are not people who are being prodded by the Republican party. In fact, I would say that the Republican party right now, for the most part, doesn't have enough organizational capacity to put together a two-car funeral, must less a major protest...
...putting teams of volunteers on Detroit's streets to give residents various facts about the city. He has floated the idea of bolstering neighborhood-watch clubs to reduce crime. He has pledged to create a website to improve citizens' engagement with elected officials. "You walk through neighborhoods and people say, 'I've never seen the people I elect around here,' " Pugh observes. And so he's offered to have dinner at least once a week with a different Detroit family. (See pictures of the gay rights movement...
...been careful not to delve into issues like gay marriage, partly because it typically doesn't figure into a city councilor's portfolio. Still, he recalls one influential Detroit pastor saying, "We like you, but you pose a problem for the clergy: homosexuality is a sin in our book." Yet hardly any ministers have publicly denounced his candidacy. "People have whispered things about Charles Pugh's homosexuality that they wouldn't dare say in public, partly because they don't want to be singled out," says Gaddis...
...endorsements; and numerous trips in and out of India for award shows and to promote the Slumdog Millionaire child actor's autobiography, Slumgirl Dreaming. However, the school she attends in Mumbai along with her co-star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail is not happy with her attendance or attitude. School officials say the girl now disregards the teachers she once always greeted politely in the morning - that is, when she finds the time to attend school. Rubina's father Rafiq Ali is defending her against her teachers, saying his daughter is just a child and under a lot of pressure...
...passengers, now has over 110 on board, including customs officials. Indonesia has given the ship until Nov. 6 to leave international waters. No country wants the public relations nightmare of physically forcing the refugees from the boat. Indonesia lays the responsibility squarely on Australia's shoulders, and Australia says the refugees, who were found in Indonesia's search-and-rescue area, are Indonesia's problem. "I think the government foolishly created an embarrassing situation for itself," said Lindy Edwards, a political scientist at the Australian National University. "They have gone and generated the standoff that they can't back down...