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03 Nov 2009 22:15

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U.S.: ELECTION RESULTS: Chris Christie upsets Jon Corzine in New Jersey

  • It was a close race, at the end, but it wasn’t enough to keep the incumbent in office. In an election night which is starting to look like a wash for the Democrats, the Republicans won the two biggest prizes up for grabs. Poll numbers at the end leaned towards Corzine, but independents didn’t stick with him. The AP is calling this (and we usually boycott them), but we feel that this news is big enough that it’s worth an exception. source
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03 Nov 2009 22:07

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U.S.: ELECTION RESULTS: Michael Bloomberg NYC mayor for a third term

  • $90 million to easily win himself another term source
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23 Oct 2009 14:23

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Tech: Twitter users pontificate on Facebook’s just-launched redesign

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19 Oct 2009 08:57

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World: Hamid Karzai has too much power over the Afghan election

  • He can somehow create an electoral deadlock. Despite the fact that the UN looked into the results of the election, and they’re designed to be an impartial third party, a UN-led probe into vote-rigging is on hold in Afghanistan because Karzai’s upset. Why? Because the UN’s throwing out questionable votes, which will cause a runoff election. And Karzai, for obvious reasons, doesn’t want a runoff. Karzai better deal with it, because he could be affecting whether the U.S. puts more troops in his country by fighting the electoral fraud charges. source
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11 Oct 2009 20:51

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Culture: “Couples Retreat” did much better box-office than it deserved

  • $35.3 million for the panned flick; must’ve been good PR source
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12 Sep 2009 13:01

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Politics: Daily Poll: Glenn Beck’s headway-making political attacks

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11 Sep 2009 17:40

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Politics: Jay-Z sez Obama wanted a “Jordan-style” election finish

  • Jigga says that Obama called him the closing days of the election and made a really funny joke: “He was calling me saying it was the fourth quarter and how we need to end this game Jordan-style. He was joking. He has a good sense of humor.” Now if only he can end the health-care debate Jordan-style. … source
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08 Sep 2009 10:28

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World: Afghanistan’s election results are officially a bad joke

  • 54.1% Hamid Karzai’s share of the vote with 92% of all votes counted – enough for him to avoid a runoff
  • 600 Number of polling stations with questionable results – many giving Karzai 100% of the vote source
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27 Aug 2009 10:42

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World: The Afghan presidential election has a lot of reports of fraud

  • 1,915 reports of fraud on the books so far source
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27 Aug 2009 10:37

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World: Abdullah won’t share “mafia-type” Afghan rule with Karzai

  • I don’t find a place for myself in this mafia-type system.
  • Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah • Regarding last week’s presidential election and the suggestion that he could share power with president Hamid Karzai. With 17 percent of votes counted, Karzai is leading 42 percent to 33 percent, and needs a simple to majority to avoid a runoff. • source
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