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Shaheen, the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire, in 1996, becomes the first woman elected Senator there. In a rematch of her narrow 2002 loss to John E. Sununu, Shaheen capitalized on Bush's unpopularity and Sununu's voting record, as the Granite State went solidly blue...
...unseasonably warm weather brought tourists and New Yorkers out in droves to Rockefeller Center's "Election Plaza," an enchanting display of democracy on ice - literally. NBC has temporarily transformed the iconic Rockefeller skating rink into a frozen map of the U.S.; the states will turn red or blue this evening as the election results are announced. In front of the art deco landmark, a gigantic TV screens display footage of the past 20 months of the campaign as The Today Show ticker streams news updates across the street. Tourists mill about in campaign buttons and patriotic outfits, posing for photos...
Missouri's Divided County, 4:25 p.m. E.T. Pundits talk all the time about a nation equally divided between red and blue, but Liberty, Mo., is the real thing. It's the seat of Clay County, where Al Gore beat George W. Bush by just one vote out of more than 78,000 cast in 2000. Just north of Kansas City, leading employers there range from a Ford plant to a liberal-arts college. Six different lines were going at the mega Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, some of the queues spilling out onto a parking lot scaled nearly...
...counties, four of the five with 50% or just under turnout are bastions of conservatism - Fort Bend (suburban Houston), Tarrant County (Fort Worth), Collin County (suburban Dallas) and Williamson County (suburban Austin). The fifth county is Travis, home of the state capital Austin and the big blue hole in the red doughnut. - Hilary Hylton / Austin...
...trying to do is not make a spectacle," said Malik. "The price is based on how they perceive you. I am trying to portray a posture of disinterest." It's not working. A broad man who is well over 6 feet tall and is wearing a bright yellow-and-blue African print shirt, Malik towers over the animals and their owners in the center of the market. In the end, he buys two impressive looking animals for 17,000 Kenyan shillings each (around $220), well above the normal price. The implications of Barack Obama's rise will be discussed...