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ABCNEWS:
Preliminary Exit Poll Results Show Disapproval of Bush — About Four in 10 'Strongly' Disapprove of Bush; Iraq High on List of Concerns — Preliminary exit poll results indicate that nearly six in 10 voters today disapprove of the way President Bush is handling his job. — About four in 10 approve.
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CNN:
Polls close in states that could signal elections' outcome … (CNN) — Polls have closed in some Eastern states that could offer clues about Democrats' chances of ending years of Republican domination in Congress. — Among the early winners in the Senate projected by CNN are Democratic …
MSNBC:
NBC: Brown, Menendez, Casey win Senate races — War overshadows election, polls indicate as GOP challenged for Congress — WASHINGTON - Democrats quickly ate into the six Republican seats they needed to regain control of the Senate as NBC News projected Tuesday night that Democrats …
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:
GOP Senators Ousted in Pa., Ohio, R.I. — WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats, seizing on voter unrest over the Iraq war, defeated incumbent Republicans in Ohio, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania on Tuesday in a bid to take control of the Senate. — In Pennsylvania, Democrat Bob Casey …
Think Progress:
AUDIO: Laura Ingraham Tells Listeners To Jam Voter Protection Hotline » — As FireDogLake has been reporting, right-wing radio host Laura Ingraham today urged her listeners to obstruct efforts to protect voting rights by jamming a free voter protection hotline.
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Ernesto Londono / Washington Post:
Sample Ballots in Pr. George's Misidentify Candidates — Inaccurate sample ballots describing Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and Senate candidate Michael S. Steele as Democrats were handed out to voters in at least four polling sites in Prince George's County this morning.
TMZ.com:
Britney Spears Files for Divorce — Britney Spears has filed a petition for divorce from Kevin Federline. — TMZ obtained the legal papers, filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences." In her petition, Spears asks for both legal and physical custody …
Michael Kinsley / Slate:
Pelosi's Platform — HOW THE DEMOCRATS COULD GOVERN IF THEY WIN THE HOUSE. — What will a Democratic House of Representatives under Speaker Nancy Pelosi be like? The Republicans have been painting an unattractive portrait of Democrats roasting young children on a spit in the Capitol rotunda and whatnot.
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George Merritt / Denver Post:
Voting nightmare: Democrats seek extension — Democratic party leaders are planning to seek a two-hour extension for voting in Denver, due to massive computer problems which have created long lines, and kept many from casting their vote. — Party spokesman Brian Mason said a motion is being prepared …
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Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Times editor to leave the paper — Dean Baquet was forced to resign as editor of the Los Angeles Times at the request of the publisher after he refused to agree to further cuts of his editorial staff. — Baquet's departure was to be announced Thursday but word leaked out this afternoon …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
New York Plans to Make Gender Personal Choice — Separating anatomy from what it means to be a man or a woman, New York City is moving forward with a plan to let people alter the sex on their birth certificate even if they have not had sex-change surgery. — Under the rule being considered …
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Associated Press:
High Voter Turnout Reported — Turnout in several communities reached 30 percent by noon Tuesday as Connecticut voters cast ballots in contentious congressional and Senate races and several state and local contests. — Elections officials were checking scattered reports of problems at polling places …
Pollster:
Live Blogging Election Night — 9:45 pm That last question really gets at something important. In some ways, it is a bad idea to think of the estimates we can extrapolate from the exit polls cross-tabulation as "exit polls." That may sound crazy, but the tabulations in states like Virginia …
Anita Wadhwani / Tennessean.com:
Dems will go to court this afternoon to ask for polls to stay open — Lawyers with the Tennessee Democratic Party will file suit early this afternoon asking that voting hours be extended due to reports of infrastructure problems, a party spokesman said. — The party has received reports …
Rep. Nancy Pelosi / The Huffington Post:
One Hundred Hours — In 100 hours, the top five oil companies will take in $4.3 billion in profits. — In 100 hours, $1.1 billion will be spent on the war in Iraq. — In 100 hours, the public debt will grow by $4.9 billion. — In 100 hours, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies will gain $2.6 billion in profits.