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While change sweeps the nation, Alaska is voting for more of the same. With results from 99% of the state's precincts in, Senator Ted Stevens - who on Oct. 27 was convicted in federal court on seven counts of corruption - held a slim 4,000-vote lead over his opponent, Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. With about 50,000 uncounted absentee and early ballots, a definitive winner could be days or weeks away...
...California Proposition 8, Florida Amendment 2: The Last Gasp It looks like California's gay-marriage ban is going to pass by a slim margin, which means that after 18 years of love, my pals Jed and Eric might have to settle for a week-and-a-half of wedded bliss. My home state of Florida already has a gay-marriage ban, but just to be safe, the electorate added it to the state constitution - and not by a slim margin. It's going to be harder for the next generation to repeal these bans. But the next generation will...
...closing in Texas (thanks to a tiny sliver of far western Texas around El Paso running on Mountain time), only a few votes had been counted at the other end of the state southwest of Houston, but the early vote shows Republican challenger Pete Olson hanging on to a slim lead with about 51% of the early vote in two of the four counties reporting to Lampson's 48%. The early-vote count comes from the heart of the district around Sugarland, DeLay's old hometown, while early-vote count from the Houston sliver of the district and Galveston...
With nearly 40% of county voters having cast early ballots, Hall said the chances of a logjam are slim. The church serves as poll stop for only about 1,300 voters. "If all the Smith's come at one time we'll have a line," Hall says. "Otherwise. We'll be OK." Any problems anticipated? "Here?" Hall chuckles as he rolls up the chalk line to lock it away until next time. "None." - By Michael Peltier / Tallahassee...
...further re-education. Although individuals will not be penalized for surpassing government limits, companies face hefty financial penalties if their collective workforce falls short of the targets within the allotted time. Though some argued that the guidelines were too strict—especially for men—this mandatory slim-down program met with little resistance. In Amagasaki, the city’s anti-metabo theme song blasts at local gyms:“Goodbye, metabolic. Let’s get our checkups together. Go! Go! Go!Goodbye, metabolic. Don’t wait till you get sick...