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Tenn. constable wins election by 1 vote _ her own

AP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:49:28 +0000

All it takes is one vote to win. Just ask a Tennessee woman who was elected constable by voting for herself.

Ex-Bush aide claims 'Swing Vote' stolen from him

AP — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:53:55 +0000

A former presidential aide claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday that plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie “Swing Vote” were stolen from...

Revised Yahoo vote reveals more disdain for board

AP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:55:46 +0000

Yahoo Inc. has revised the results of a closely watched shareholder vote on its much-maligned board after discovering an error by a tabulation firm grossly exaggerated the number of ballots backing the...

Revised Yahoo vote to show more disdain for board

AP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:48:45 +0000

Yahoo Inc. is recounting the shareholder vote for its board of directors after discovering that a tabulating firm failed to register the opposition of a major...

Gay couples use weddings to wage ballot fight

AP — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:14:05 +0000

When Pamela Brown got married, the two bride figurines atop her wedding cake celebrated her newfound right in California to marry another woman. But one of the figurines had a tiny sign over its head with something more to say: “Vote No on...

Activist shareholder nominees to join CSX board

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:01:41 +0000

Railroad giant CSX said it has asked two nominees of activist hedge fund shareholders TCI and 3G Capital to join its board, but said it will await a vote review and court action before seating its two remaining members.Jacksonville, Fla.-based CSX...

2 activist shareholder nominees to join CSX board

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:06:12 +0000

Railroad CSX says it has asked two nominees of activist hedge fund shareholders TCI and 3G Capital to join its board, but a vote on two others remains too close to call.Jacksonville, Fla.-based CSX Corp. said Friday that nominees Gilbert H....

Trust vote fallout.

Abhilash Thadhni — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:25:37 +0000

The ramifications of the trust vote in parliament are beyond the survival of the government. Dr. Manmohan Singh will emerge as a stronger leader relegated Sonia Gandhi to the back seat. Mr. Prakash Karat will come down to earth and understand...

CSX says hedge funds win 4 out of 5 seats

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:13:49 +0000

CSX Corp. says preliminary results of the railroad’s contentious board vote show that four out of five directors nominated by activist hedge fund shareholders TCI and 3G Capital have been elected to its board.The company said Wednesday...

Minn. teen charged with offering his vote on eBay

AP — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:59:16 +0000

A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall’s presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn’t see the humor.University of Minnesota student Max P. Sanders, 19, was...