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...worth noting that no elector has ever been prosecuted for being unfaithful. Throughout U.S. history, only nine electors out of some 18,000 have violated their pledges. It's going to be hard to find one who's going to break his or hers. Frank Straka, a Bush-Cheney elector from Arizona, tells TIME, for example, that he won't switch even if Gore wins the popular vote nationally. "It's like the playoffs," he says. "One team may score more runs, but if they don't win the four games, they lose...
...worth noting that no elector has ever been prosecuted for being unfaithful. Throughout U.S. history, only nine electors out of some 18,000 have violated their pledges. It's going to be hard to find one who's going to break his or hers. Frank Straka, a Bush-Cheney elector from Arizona, tells TIME, for example, that he won't switch even if Gore wins the popular vote nationally. "It's like the playoffs," he says. "One team may score more runs, but if they don't win the four games, they lose...
...better. On Capitol Hill, crippled e-mail systems forced an atypical silence in the halls of Congress, as well as some unusual scrambling. Arriving early on a day dominated by the death of John Cardinal O'Connor, New York Congressman Joseph Crowley's press secretary, Josh Straka, logged on to his computer only to unleash the bug. He spent the rest of the day manually faxing press releases. "My stress level was through the roof," he says...
...Pittsburgh's Kevin Hatcher scored shorthanded after Martin Straka, who had three points, won a face-off in the Canucks' zone at 17:55 of the second--two seconds following Darius Kasparaitis' unsportsmanlike conduct penalty...
TAMPA, Fla.--Stu Barnes scored twice during a five-goal second period and Martin Straka added a goal and two assists as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday...