The child can then respond with the problem: They are being followed, he or she is in an accident or abducted, or their parents are in trouble.

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She needs to, as the one-time rising star Republican is in trouble in her own backyard.

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"We are all very mindful of what's going on there, " she said, pointing out that one of the festival's films, Trouble in the Water, is about a poor New Orleans couple dealing with Hurricane Katrina.

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