Despite protests from child advocates, a Brazilian judge has ruled that 7-year-old Julia Lira can dance as queen of her samba school in Rio's famously erotic carnival parade. One critic said letting a third grader dance beside scantily clad women will promote "a sexual image of children." Julia's parents say that's nonsense — and that their daughter just loves to dance: "Any man who looks at a 7-year-old child and feels any sort of excitement should go see a doctor," says her father, Marco Lira.
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TODAY’S BIG QUESTIONWhere do US-Israel relations go after the midterms?
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QUOTE OF THE DAY‘Does anybody organize in Boise, Idaho? No, not even Republicans. Why? Because it’s assumed that they’re gonna win, and so they don’t have to do any work anyway.’
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IN THE SPOTLIGHTImmigrants released from detention are rearrested
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