Lack of paper trail troubles electronic voting critics
Skeptics of electronic voting machines worry that they lack an adequate paper trail to catch or fix discrepancies.
They point to a 12,000-vote discrepancy in 2002 caused by a software glitch in Bernalillo County that stalled certification of results.
Jim Noel, an attorney for the Democratic Party, was examining results two years ago and noticed records showing 48,000 people voted early in Bernalillo County. However, unofficial results showed only 36,000 votes in the governor's race.
Jeanne hits previously damaged parts of Florida
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. - Jeanne, Florida's fourth hurricane in six weeks, brought destruction to already ravaged areas Sunday, slicing across the state with howling winds that rocketed debris from earlier storms and torrents of rain that turned streets into rivers.
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At least six people died in the storm, which was a cruel rerun for many still trying to recover from earlier hurricanes. Jeanne came ashore in the same area hit three weeks ago by Hurricane Frances and was headed for the Panhandle, where 70,000 homes and businesses remained without power because of Hurricane Ivan 10 days earlier.
Voting flaws expected in Iraq's January election
WASHINGTON - The top U.S. military commander for Iraq said Sunday he expected flawed elections and violence ahead of the voting scheduled for January.
Gen. John Abizaid's assessment followed a week in which President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi spoke optimistically about the situation despite the beheadings of two more Americans and the deaths of dozens of people in car bombings.
On Friday, the military said four Marines died in separate incidents, adding to a toll that has topped 1,000 since the U.S.-led invasion.
Federal judge rules live music bootlegs legal
NEW YORK - A federal judge Friday struck down a 1994 law banning the sale of bootleg recordings of live music, ruling the law unfairly grants "seemingly perpetual protection" to the original performances.
U.S. District Judge Harold Baer Jr. dismissed a federal indictment of Jean Martignon, who runs a Manhattan mail-order and Internet business that sells bootleg recordings.
Baer found the bootleg law was written by Congress in the spirit of copyright law, which protects writing for a period of time - typically for the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death.
Twin car bombings hurt American, Iraqi troops
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs wounded American and Iraqi troops west of the capital Sunday and a few hours later the U.S. military announced the arrest of a senior Iraqi National Guard commander on suspicion of ties to insurgents, underscoring the challenges to building a strong Iraq security service capable of restoring stability.
The two attackers who died in the twin blasts tried to ram their cars into a National Guard base in Kharma, a town on the outskirts of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, a U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity.
Al Qaeda suspect dead after four-hour shootout
KARACHI, Pakistan - Paramilitary police killed a suspected top al Qaeda operative, wanted for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, during a four-hour shootout Sunday at a southern Pakistan house, the information minister said.
At least two other men were arrested.
Amjad Hussain Farooqi was wanted for his alleged role in the kidnapping and beheading of Pearl in 2002 and two assassination attempts against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in December 2003.
