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Arab-American mistakenly jailed Obama welcomes governments Ex-porn star reads to students
Police near Detroit have released the President Barack Obama is welcoming Some parents have filed complaints with
head of a popular Arab-American cultur- the new governments being formed in the Parent-Teacher Association after a for-
al center whom they mistook for a man of Greece and Italy, saying they should help mer adult film star said she read to children
the same name wanted on 2003 charges of calm world financial markets. in a classroom at a Los Angeles County el-
aiding a terrorist group. Answering questions from busi- ementary school.
Attorney Majed Moughni said Dear- ness leaders at the Asia-Pacific summit, Sasha Grey, a 23-year-old ex-porn actress
born police arrested his client, Ali Ham- Obama said Saturday that Greece’s new who has appeared in mainstream shows
moud, after questioning him outside his coalition government and the moves in like HBO’s “Entourage,” was a guest earlier
home Friday night while purportedly in- Italy to form an interim government are this month at Compton’s Emerson Elemen-
vestigating an area break-in. “positive developments.” tary School for Read Across America Day.
He said Hammoud spent the night in He said leaders in both countries are Grey tweeted Nov. 2 that she spent the
jail until police realized they had arrested demonstrating a commitment to “struc- day reading to students in the first and
the wrong person. tural reform” that should give investors third grades.
Hammoud heads the Bint Jebail Cul- confidence. KTLA-TV quoted parents questioning
tural Center in Dearborn, which has one Obama said all of Europe should back whether it was appropriate to have Grey at
of the country’s largest Muslim commu- the 17 eurozone members in their efforts the associated press the school. Parent Dudley Wheaton won-
nities. to resolve their debt crisis — and warns the u.s. navy’s newest supply ship, dered why they couldn’t find a fireman or
A man of the same name is wanted on until that’s resolved, they’ll will have a the UsNs Medgar evers, was christened a police officer to read to students.
2003 charges alleging he and others sold “dampening effect” on the global econo- saturday by Myrlie evers-Williams, widow
stolen and counterfeit goods. my. of civil rights activist Medgar evers. From Associated Press reports
Romney revises and revises again on campaign
By steve leBlanc for 25 years. Still, Perry and Rom- try again during Saturday plenty of fodder, beginning
the associated press Romney — who is lead- ney’s other rivals portray night’s debate in South with his gradual about-face
ing opinion polls in the him as a political chame- Carolina. on abortion.
BOSTON — When he GOP race — hopes that the leon — and probably will Romney’s history offers
was running for Massachu- argument will help him get
setts governor in 2002, Mitt beyond what dogged his
Romney’s campaign court- 2008 campaign.
ed voters at a Boston Gay This time, the elector-
Pride weekend by hand- ate’s focus on the troubled
ing out fliers proclaiming economy may overshadow
“All citizens deserve equal Romney’s shifts.
rights, regardless of sexual The former venture cap-
preference.” italist and Harvard Busi-
Just a year later, Romney ness School alumnus is
emerged as a leading voice counting on it as he plays
against gay marriage, op- up his business experi-
posing the Massachusetts ence.
Supreme Judicial Court’s the associated press “With the economy be-
ruling overturning the ban presidential candidate ing the absolutely overrid-
on same-sex marriage. Mitt romney’s stance on ing issue, even in the GOP
With Romney’s posi- major issues has been primaries where the social
tions evolving on every- evolving in recent years. conservatives are typically
thing from abortion to gay in control, maybe he’s fi-
rights, embryonic stem cell he said he’s been married nally found an election
research to health care, the to the same woman for cycle that plays to his sweet
Republican presidential four decades, has been spot,” Boston University
candidate has faced charg- a member of the same communications professor
es of political opportun- church his entire life and Tobe Berkovitz said. “The
ism from Republicans and worked at one company planets are all lining up.”
Democrats alike.
In a Web video last
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month, Texas Gov. Rick
Perry highlighted Rom-
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ney’s shifts on health care
and illegal immigration
and reminded voters, “You
cannot lead a nation by
misleading the people.”
Obama’s senior strate-
gist, David Axelrod, posed
this question to reporters
in a conference call last
month: “If you are will-
ing to change positions
on fundamental issues *per system
of principle, how can we
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know what you will do as
president?”
Romney’s answer from
last Wednesday’s debate: “I
think people understand
that I’m a man of steadi-
ness and constancy.”
To counter the criticism,