Concerned about what kids are listening to, state senator Dale Shugars of Michigan attended a Marilyn Manson concert (with two bodyguards).

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When Clinton launched her Senate bid in New York in 1999, she began a "listening tour" around the state to explore views on education, business and health care issues.

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Yet in the state of being too busy and overwhelmed, real listening and engagement is among the first things we stop doing.

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Bonita Brown, who was listening in the audience, says she is confident the Democrats can carry her state.

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"The secretary is not planning to put a big plan on the table, " state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, stressing the trip was a "listening tour".

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Of course, what Lebanese officials are working hard to change, they want the U.N. to demand an Israeli withdrawal immediately, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was with the president, said she's listening to their concerns, and of course this resolution is far from done yet.

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The Secretary of State, Alistair Darling, will be speaking to us tomorrow morning and I for one will be listening very carefully for signs of a Government commitment to the continuing success of employer-sponsored retirement provision.

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