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...Michigan now exceed three hours. Officials blame the convergence of record turnout - estimated at 70% statewide - with inexperienced first-time voters. At some locations, people are passing out snacks and water, encouraging people to stay in line until they can vote. Some belong to various organizations, but others appear to be individuals acting on their own. - By Maggie Sieger / Grand Rapids...
...Both Republicans and Democrats in Iowa report smooth sailing so far but appear reluctant to sound too cocky. They haven't heard of any major complaints at polling places and are concentrating on turning out voters. "Everything is going smoothly," says Nathan Treloar, the Iowa Republican Party's communications director. There have been reports of lines, especially in more densely populated precincts early in the morning, he says. Republicans have been busy doing the "bare basics, getting out there, contacting voters that we need to turn out and double-checking absentee requests that have not been returned," he says...
...quarantine or no quarantine, news outlets still remember Florida in 2000; if swing-state races appear tight when the last polls close, odds are the media will be cagier about releasing early results - no matter how good the data look...
Even in Europe, which has been the world's leader in carbon-cutting, some governments appear to be using the financial situation as an excuse to stand down. In March 2007, European Union members pledged to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 - but that was back when the Dow was 25% higher than it is today. Several European nations, including big industrial producers like Germany, are now saying the target is unrealistic, and at an E.U. summit on Oct. 16, some Eastern European countries, which are poorer and more dependent on fossil fuels than their neighbors...
...Obama's birth does not appear to have been planned. His mother and father met at the University of Hawaii and got married when she was already pregnant. To help provide for the new baby, Obama's grandmother, who did not have a college degree, got a job as a secretary at a bank. For more than two decades, she got up at 5 a.m., put on a suit and took the bus to work, arriving first at the office. Eventually - and much more slowly than her male counterparts - she advanced and was promoted to vice president. She earned more...