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...Ritchie has vowed to hold regular press conferences during the recount. "The whole world is watching to see if we're living up to our reputation as Minnesota - our brand," Ritchie says. "Accuracy is the only measurement by which we can determine who won this election." Ritchie does not expect the recount to be completed until at least Dec. 19. If the results are a tie, the contest could be decided by a coin toss...
...credit from consumers. According to Synovate, the average household had a combined credit limit on all the plastic in their wallet of $27,626, up from $26,902 a year ago. Auto loans are down, but not in a big way, and not nearly as much as you would expect in a bad economy...
...three or four weeks. This investigation is a part of a larger, longitudinal study, funded by the National Science Foundation, that began about five years ago, to test the abilities of musical and non-musical children as they progressed from five to nine years old. The researchers said they expect all of the data to be collected by this coming spring and then subsequently to be used for further analysis. “It takes a long, long time to do a longitudinal study, and we wanted to get a quick answer to see what the end point would...
...unlikely that either Washington or Baghdad will agree to any further delays on the agreement. Not only is the Dec. 31 end of the U.N. mandate nearing, but the parliament is slated to go into recess from Nov. 24 till mid-December. Few lawmakers expect a decision on SOFA before the interlude, and some don't expect an agreement before next year...
...Europe," says Tomas Valasek, director of foreign policy and defense at the Centre for European Reform, a London think tank. He says Obama will appeal for more soldiers in the dangerous southern part of Afghanistan to fight Taliban insurgents. "Obama will put more troops in the country and expect Europe to do the same. And even though all European governments are short on troops and money, many will respond in kind." (See pictures of Obama's family tree...