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sos.georgia.gov:
Georgia Election Results Unofficial And Incomplete Results of the Tuesday, December 02, 2008 General Election Runoff — The results displayed are UNOFFICIAL AND INCOMPLETE until certified by both county election superintendents and the Secretary of State, a process that will not be completed until the week of December 8.
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Jim Tharpe / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Chambliss wins second term in U.S. Senate — Defeats Jim Martin after arduous runoff campaign — Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss beat back a prolonged challenge from Democrat Jim Martin on Tuesday to win a second term in office after a bruising four-week runoff between the one-time University of Georgia fraternity brothers.
New York Times:
Republican Wins Runoff for Senator in Georgia — ATLANTA — Saxby Chambliss, a first-term Republican senator, was re-elected by Georgia voters on Tuesday in a substantial victory, ending Democratic hopes for a 60-vote majority in the Senate that would make it difficult for Republicans …
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Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:
Chambliss wins US Senate runoff in Georgia — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — ATLANTA - Relieved Republicans celebrated a resounding win in Georgia's hard-fought U.S. Senate runoff, a victory that denied Democrats a filibuster-proof majority and cemented the state's reputation as a GOP bastion.
Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:Georgia Sen. Chambliss wins re-election in runoff
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Marc Ambinder:
Jeb Bush Ponders Florida Senate Run — Two sources close to Jeb Bush, including one who has spoken to the former Florida governor within the past few hours, say he is seriously considering a run for Senate now that incumbent Republican Mel Martinez has retired.
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The Politico:
Jeb: I am considering Senate run — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - the younger brother of the president - is weighing a run for the Senate seat currently held by Republican Mel Martinez. — Martinez announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2010.
Daily Mail:
Jewish mother killed in Mumbai attacks ‘was pregnant’... and her son, 2, may have been beaten by militants … The Jewish mother murdered in the brutal Mumbai terror attacks last week was six month pregnant, her father revealed today at her funeral. — And Rivkah Holtzberg's two-year-old son …
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Mirror.co.uk:
Mumbai bombers ‘took cocaine and LSD’ before carrying out attacks — Terrorist Azam Ameer Qasab lies dazed after his capture (Pic:Getty) — The Mumbai terrorists may have pumped themselves full of drugs to keep going during their murderous three-day rampage.
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Wall Street Journal:
India Names Mumbai Mastermind — MUMBAI — India has accused a senior leader of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba of orchestrating last week's terror attacks that killed at least 172 people here, and demanded the Pakistani government turn him over and take action against the group.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Statistical Models Now Show Coleman as Slight Favorite — With in excess of 90 percent of Minnesota's votes now having been recounted, our statistical models now show Norm Coleman as the favorite to retain his senate seat, although with a high degree of uncertainty and without accounting …
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New York Times:
After Sharp Words on C.I.A., Obama Faces a Delicate Task — WASHINGTON — For two years on the presidential campaign trail, Barack Obama rallied crowds with strongly worded critiques of the Bush administration's most controversial counterterrorism programs, from hiding terrorism suspects …
Tim Weiner / New York Times:
Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77 — Odetta, the singer whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died on Tuesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 77. — The cause was heart disease, said her manager, Doug Yeager.
Reuters:
Obama shelves oil company tax after price fall: aide — CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama is not planning to implement a windfall profit tax on oil companies because prices have dropped below $80 a barrel, an aide said on Tuesday. — “President-elect Obama announced …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Obama earning high marks — WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama gets soaring marks for his handling of the transition and his choices for the Cabinet, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, even at a time the public is downbeat over the economy. — More than three of four Americans …
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David Stout / New York Times:Gates Says He and Obama on the Same Page on Iraq
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
NIXON TAPES: RUTHLESS, CYNICAL, PROFANE — From NBC's John Rutherford — Richard Nixon's reputation takes a fresh pounding every time the National Archives releases another batch of audio tapes from his presidency, and today's opening of nearly 200 hours of Nixon White House recordings is no exception.
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The Trail / Washington Post:
Holbrooke Under Consideration for South Asia Diplomatic Role — President -elect Barack Obama is seriously considering giving former ambassador Richard Holbrooke a key role in handling diplomacy in south Asia, a move that would put one of America's most prominent international troubleshooters …
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Federal-Employee Unions Angered as Bush Bars National Security Workers — Order Affects National Security Workers — Government unions yesterday criticized a White House executive order that bars certain workers at five federal departments from joining a union because they are engaged …
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