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...Selfishness in Man" (Track 9, "George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne," 1971, Musicor; re-released, Hollywood Records, 1987 and 1994). Play a section of the song here...
...does this thing end? Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris went to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday and made two requests - that all election-related lawsuits be organized and heard by state court in Leon County in Tallahassee, and that all hand recounts be stopped in the meantime. The high court hasn't even decided whether it will listen. (Follow the filings at www.flcourts.org...
...seven justices allowed extra time to recount ballots in three Florida counties, a recount that was only partially fulfilled. Now they must decide whether a Gore suit to require that all the disputed ballots be counted - an action that was rebuffed by Judge N. Sanders Sauls in Leon County circuit court last week - is valid, a decision that could once again tip the election in favor of the vice president. Democrats, having been (mostly) at the favorable end of the court's earlier decision - and aware that the justices are, with one exception, all Democrat appointees - are hopeful that they...
...Bush camp, a welcome surprise. The lawyers are headed down the block to the Florida State Supreme Court for an appeal after Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis ended a long Tuesday morning of suspense and upheld Secretary of State Katherine Harris's 5 p.m. deadline for certifying county vote tallies in the Florida election...
...hour later, Bill Daley could barely keep a straight face. Gore's campaign manager dismissed Baker's offer as a "reiteration of what the Florida secretary of state has already laid out" - which could be tossed out by Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis at any moment. He also brushed off the market-uncertainty issue as the complaints of "parobably partisan investment bankers." Though the Gore people may feel differently if the deadline-extension lawsuit goes against them, they see no reason to stop a manual recount at 5 p.m. when it could still add more ballots to their...