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...votes out of 41 million cast. The Federal Election Institute reported that Calderón received 35.9 percent of the vote to López Obrador’s 35.3 percent. López Obrador has declared that he will protest the results and had demanded a recount in the electoral courts...
...most pressing order of business is to find a viable candidate to run in the September primary against Congresswoman Katherine Harris for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate. Her floundering campaign has had little support from Bush, despite the role she played during the 2000 presidential vote recount, as Florida's secretary of state. Jeb may be taking a bow for now, but no one expects the conservatives' star performer to leave center stage for long...
...prices are high, the Fed raised interest rates again, but what got Americans really outraged last week was the departure of rocker CHRIS DAUGHTRY, 26, from the fifth season of American Idol. Fans were infuriated, threatening to boycott the show and demanding a vote recount. Judges were dumbfounded. And Daughtry was the most shocked of all, saying that his ouster "doesn't make sense logically." Although he didn't make the cut on Idol, Daughtry has already been fielding job offers, including the front-man gig for the band Fuel. Meanwhile, bald guys lost their best hope for a macho...
...After a warm greeting from the first-year students, Breyer, a Law School graduate, delivered a relaxed talk about life as a Supreme Court justice. When asked to choose the most important case of his tenure, Breyer pointed to Bush v. Gore, the 2000 case that ended the Florida recount, because the court had to effectively decide a presidential election in a short time span. But in terms of social impact, Breyer chose the 2003 University of Michigan affirmative action cases, specifically the ruling upholding Michigan Law School’s admissions policy. “The way the court...
...table. I want to at least have a voice and have a vote.”She was elected in November and received more first-place votes than any other candidate.SETTLING INSchool Committee member Nancy Walser first met Nolan in 2001 during a School Committee recount in which Walser, Susana Seagat, and Richard Harding were separated by seven votes. Walser, who says that Nolan and herself have “similar goals,” adds that Nolan’s lively personality is a good addition to the committee. “Patty?...