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    What Does New Republican Control Mean in Statehouses Across U.S.?

    Nov 09, 2010 11:08 PM EDT

    Now, that was a race of about -- you know, hundreds of votes.They're looking at thousands of votes now separating former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton, the Democrat, and Tom Emmer, the Republican.They are separated by about 8,000 votes right now, so still some unknowns here in ...

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    Blagojevich Trial, Minnesota Recount Case Begin

    Jan 26, 2009 11:45 PM EDT

    ... two-thirds vote in the Senate in order to convict him, to impeach him, and that means you really only need to find 20, 21 votes.That shouldn't be that hard for a sitting governor who has any political capital at all to do some horse-trading or find ...

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    In Pittsburgh, Robots Help Rebuild Struggling Economy

    Apr 23, 2008 10:30 PM EDT

    RAY SUAREZ: Now, a different kind of story about Pittsburgh. For the past two nights, we've looked at how the changing economic picture there has affected the voters.Tonight, Tom Bearden of the NewsHour's Science Unit reports on a new industry developing in and around our spotlight city ...

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    Mugabe's Party Loses Control of Parliament

    Apr 02, 2008 07:00 PM EDT

    ... Tsvangirai won 50.3 percent of the vote compared to 43.8 percent for Mugabe but was unable to confirm these percentages with numbers of votes.To avoid a repeat of 2002, MDC observers photographed the vote tallies at each polling station as results were posted."Robert Mugabe has said ...

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    Turkey Lashes Out at U.S. Lawmakers for Armenian 'Genocide' Measure

    Oct 11, 2007 10:10 PM EDT

    ... full House within weeks, a promise welcomed by the country's several hundred thousand Armenian-Americans, some of whom were on hand for the committee vote.ARTIN MANOUKIAN, Armenian-American: My grandfather was a survivor. I think it's a day of relief somehow, and I think I'm starting ...

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    Democrats Make More Gains in House

    Nov 08, 2006 11:20 PM EDT

    ... was the Colorado 7th District where Democrat Ed Perlmutter beat Republican Rick O'Donnell in a district nearly evenly divided between Republican, Democratic and unaffiliated voters.The GOP did emerge victorious in Connecticut's 4th District, where moderate Republican Rep. Chris Shays fended off a strong challenge from Democrat Diane ...

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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 ...

  • Karina becomes a Pacific hurricane well away from land and is forecast to become a major storm

    Karina becomes a Pacific hurricane well away from land and is forecast to become a major storm

    Aug 30, 2026 07:27 PM EDT

    MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Karina formed Sunday in the Pacific Ocean and could become a major storm within days, forecasters said. The cyclone's center was at far out to sea and was not threatening land. Karina had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph), the Miami-based National Hurricane ...

  • Tropical Storm Bertha forecast to bring heavy rain, flooding along the Gulf Coast

    Tropical Storm Bertha forecast to bring heavy rain, flooding along the Gulf Coast

    Jul 22, 2026 12:15 AM EDT

    Bertha is the second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Tropical Storm Arthur last month brought heavy rainfall to the southeastern U.S.