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Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs
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GOP demands IDs of 37,000 voters in Milwaukee (Oct 31 2004 13:58 GMT) - Citing a new list of more than 37,000 questionable addresses, the state Republican Party demanded Saturday that Milwaukee city officials require identification from all of those voters Tuesday. If the city doesn't, the party says it is prepared to have volunteers challenge each individual - including thousands who might be missing an apartment number on their registration - at the polls. The move, which dramatically escalates the party's claims of bad addresses and potential fraud, was condemned by Democrats as a last-minute effort to suppress turnout in the city by creating long delays at the polls. City officials, who already were trying to establish safeguards in response to the party's claim of 5,619 bad addresses, were surprised by the 37,180 number, nearly seven times larger... ... |
Blogator.com
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http://archive. scripting. com/2004/10/31#When:5: (Oct 31 2004 13:56 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Also, did I say I'm driving to Silicon Valley? It's true. On Tuesday I vote, then hop in the car and head south. And Scoble-be-damned, I'm keeping my Streets and Trips with GPS, even though Microsoft did screw the Web by sucking up all the browser energy and locking it in a trunk. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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http://archive. scripting. com/2004/10/31#When:5: (Oct 31 2004 13:55 GMT) - Also, did I say I'm driving to Silicon Valley? It's true. On Tuesday I vote, then hop in the car and head south. And Scoble-be-damned, I'm keeping my Streets and Trips with GPS, even though Microsoft did screw the Web by sucking up all the browser energy and locking it in a trunk. Why can't I have a nice toy? |
tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD
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Köhler verleiht Umweltpreis (Oct 31 2004 13:55 GMT) - Er ist die höchstdotierte Auszeichnung in Europa für den Schutz und Erhalt der Umwelt - der deutsche Umweltpreis. Bundespräsident Köhler verlieh ihn heute an den Mikrobiologen Garabed Antranikian und den Unternehmer Alfred Jung. Der Ehrenpreis ging an Loki Schmidt für ihr Lebenswerk. |
Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com
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Wis. Police Break Up Halloween Gathering (Oct 31 2004 13:55 GMT) - Police in riot gear used pepper spray early Sunday to clear thousands of Halloween revelers out of downtown Madison after members of the crowd started a small fire. Officers arrested 250 people, mostly for city ordinance violations, police spokeswoman Emily Samson said. Last year, more than 300 people were arrested. |
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