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    States Report Voting Glitches in 2004 Election

    Dec 02, 2004 05:00 AM EDT

    ... asked all those questions in a very nonbiased way. SPENCER MICHELS: In New Mexico, Fritz Scheuren, president elect of the American Statistical Association, worked for VoteWatch. FRITZ SCHEUREN: We're looking for irregularities, okay? We're looking for the kind of thing that would alert us to something wasn't ...

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    The Media Recount

    Apr 04, 2001 04:00 AM EDT

    ... punched ballot could be counted as a vote, well, the result was that Al Gore could have eked out a small victory of about three votes.TERENCE SMITH: The Gore supporters are also arguing today-- the vice president himself as declined any substantive comment-- but his supporters are arguing that ...

  • News Wrap: Senate approves short-term renewal of FISA surveillance program

    News Wrap: Senate approves short-term renewal of FISA surveillance program

    Apr 17, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... storms stretching from the southern U.S. border to the Great Lakes. That includes Wisconsin, where at least one person has died amid what local forecasters are calling unprecedented weather this past week that includes seven confirmed tornadoes and more than 100 severe thunderstorm warnings. Milwaukee set a new record ...

  • Oil prices plummet as Wall Street rallies to new record following Strait of Hormuz reopening

    Oil prices plummet as Wall Street rallies to new record following Strait of Hormuz reopening

    Apr 17, 2026 02:14 PM EDT

    ... helped offset an 11.5% drop for Netflix, which fell even though it likewise delivered a better profit than expected. It did not raise its forecast for revenue growth for the full year, which analysts said may have disappointed some investors. It also said Reed Hastings, cofounder and chairman of ...

  • News Wrap: IRS says average tax refund just under $3,500 this year

    News Wrap: IRS says average tax refund just under $3,500 this year

    Apr 15, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    And it comes as a heat wave sweeps across the East Coast today, with record temperatures expected in cities like New York and Philadelphia. Forecasters expect the heat to last well into the weekend. In Turkey, officials there say a student opened fire on two classrooms in a middle school ...

  • News Wrap: DOJ seeks to erase Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy convictions

    News Wrap: DOJ seeks to erase Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy convictions

    Apr 14, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... U.S. mainland today, a cleanup was under way after severe storms hammered communities in the Plains and Midwest, toppling power lines and damaging buildings. Forecasters say more bad weather could be in store for the region. In Gaza, health officials say Israeli strikes killed at least six people today ...

  • Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds

    Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds

    Apr 14, 2026 08:44 PM EDT

    ... Pacific, but the peak season is similar to the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from summer to fall, said Jason Nicholls, AccuWeather’s lead international forecaster.“As we’ve seen this year, you can get tropical systems in the West Pacific any time of year,” Nicholls said. “But getting them ...

  • IMF cuts the outlook for global growth in the fallout from from Iran war

    IMF cuts the outlook for global growth in the fallout from from Iran war

    Apr 14, 2026 04:46 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iran war has stalled the world's economic momentum this year, likely pushing growth lower compared to 2025, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday. The IMF downgraded its forecast for global growth to 3.1% in 2026 from the 3.3% it had forecast back in January ...

  • U.S. wholesale prices surged 4% last month during the Iran war

    U.S. wholesale prices surged 4% last month during the Iran war

    Apr 14, 2026 02:17 PM EDT

    ... prices rose a modest 0.1% from February and 3.8% from a year earlier. The gains in wholesale prices were smaller than economists had forecast. The surge in prices complicates the work of the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve, who have faced intense pressure from President Donald Trump ...