- Governor Chris Christie (R-N.J.), who was
re-elected last year in a heavily Democratic state, is in
Pennsylvania campaigning for Governor Tom Corbett (R-Pa.), who
is expected to lose handily today in the fairly evenly divided
state. Voters all over the
United States are going to the polls to vote for candidates for
governor, Congress, and on various ballot initiatives. The
White House is pre-emptively blaming unhappiness on what’s
expected to be a poor showing by Democrats today. - One World Trade Center in
New York City will receive its first tenants Monday. - The United Kingdom’s new spy chief,
Robert Hannigan, says privacy is not an “absolute right” and
insists on a “new deal” that will permit government more control
over technology companies, for safety. - The European Union
condemned “illegal” elections in eastern Ukraine held by
pro-Russian separatists and won by pro-Russian separatists. The
winners are expected to be sworn in today. - Plans are moving forward in Israel
to build 500 new settler homes in East Jerusalem. - France, which has the biggest space agency in Europe, also has
its only team of government UFO hunters.
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