Police in Paris have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters, in a second weekend of demonstrations sparked by rising fuel prices. Violence erupted on the Champs-Elysées as protesters tried to get through a security cordon around sensitive sites. About 5,000 protesters had converged on the avenue. Dozens of people were arrested after…
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How Gavin Newsom Got to Be a Front-Runner
“I do not believe it’s appropriate for me, as mayor of San Francisco, to discriminate against people,” Gavin Newsom said in February of 2004. “And if that means my political career ends, so be it.” The young mayor’s city career wasn’t really in jeopardy; by the end of 2004, he had the approval of four of five…
