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                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/halfway-through-the-paper-nassau-balloting-breaks-about-the-same-1.1615263">Halfway through the paper, Nassau balloting breaks about the same</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/posted-in-lonely-ola-baby-sitting-nassau-ballots-1.1614439">Posted in Lonely-ola, baby-sitting Nassau ballots</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/ackerman-to-suit-up-for-state-dinner-1.1613657">Ackerman to suit up for state dinner</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nice-tie-are-we-winning-1.1613335">Nice tie. Are we winning?</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/hava-chuckle-in-nassau-1.1612968">HAVA chuckle in Nassau</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nassau-ballot-count-lowering-the-temperature-1.1607104">Nassau ballot count: lowering the temperature</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/murdoch-on-paterson-he-retracts-you-decide-1.1607373">Murdoch on Paterson: He retracts, you decide...</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nassau-count-democrats-republicans-parking-spots-pizza-and-more-1.1607249">Nassau count: Democrats, Republicans, parking spots, pizza and more</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/democratic-backlash-against-giuliani-s-terror-trial-fears-1.1603154">Democratic backlash against Giuliani's terror-trial fears</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nassau-count-final-wednesday-numbers-1.1603571">Nassau count: final Wednesday numbers</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/islip-s-bodkin-vexed-no-longer-by-trish-but-now-by-fish-1.1602914">Islip's Bodkin: Vexed no longer by Trish, but now by fish</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nassau-count-numbers-don-t-tell-the-tale-yet-1.1602269">Nassau Count: numbers don't tell the tale, yet</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nassau-ballot-count-undulates-across-the-county-1.1602120">Nassau ballot count undulates across the county</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/vote-trading-in-nassau-s-recount-1.1601743">Vote trading in Nassau's recount</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/dinapoli-pataki-ok-d-bruno-s-outside-role-in-former-jobs-1.1601685">DiNapoli, Pataki OK'd Bruno's outside role in former jobs</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/gop-still-in-control-in-long-beach-1.1601670">GOP still in control in Long Beach</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nassau-soldiers-get-a-pass-1.1601584">Nassau soldiers get a pass</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/murdoch-s-weird-remark-about-paterson-blindness-1.1595181">Murdoch's weird remark about Paterson blindness</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/dinapoli-a-glint-of-good-wall-st-news-1.1595171">DiNapoli: A glint of good Wall St. news?</a></li>
                                                        <li><a href="/blogs/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/monday-s-numbers-from-nassau-boe-1.1593380">Monday's numbers from Nassau BOE</a></li>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s never over &lsquo;til it&rsquo;s over, of course, but the counting of paper ballots in Nassau County is half over. Here&rsquo;s a snapshot from Newsday's Bill Murphy:]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The federal Help American Vote Act, a 2002 law meant to&nbsp;help localities modernize their&nbsp;election systems, draws some bipartisan derision at the Nassau County Board of Elections, where workers are sorting through the absentee ballots to decide key county elections.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The seal on the counting room door in the Nassau County ballot tally was broken at 8 a.m. Thursday to give maintenance workers a chance to fix the air circulation system.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Rupert Murdoch, the Newscorp. tycoon, is reported to have apologized now for saying Gov. David Paterson is blind, doesn't read Braille, and &quot;doesn't really know what's going on.&quot;]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Scenes from the Nassau County ballot tally:]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Here's an ad released by the Democratic National Committee whacking Rudy Giuliani about trying terrorists in our courts. The message:&nbsp;Rudy was for it before he was against it.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s the raw vote totals from the Nassau County Board of Elections after they closed down Wednesday night.&nbsp; Keep in mind, the count is by Assembly District and as the counts shifts to new districts, so may the margin between the candidates.-County Executive:Incumbent Democrat Thomas Suozzi 119,504Republican challenger Edward Mangano 120,057Conservative challenger Steve Hansen 9,592(Mangano leads by 553) -County Comptroller:Incumbent Democrat Howard Weitzman 116,057Republican challenger George Maragos 117,003(Maragos leads by 976-14th County Legislative DistrictNo change. No paper ballots in the legislative district were counted Wednesday.-]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[A few details emerged today on the deceased fish delivered to Islip Councilman Christopher Bodkin's house. Suffolk police say they are investigating the incident as a harassment case. Though they cordoned off his West Sayville street, no neighbors were evacuated as Emergency Services officers opened the suspicious package. Police still refuse to release a photo of the fish. Its species is unknown.&nbsp;]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Apparently one Assemb. Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach)&nbsp; is worth one Sen. Kemp Hannon&nbsp;(R-Garden City)&nbsp; at the Nassau Elections Board.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Whoops. One of those &quot;Hey-did-you-sign-this16-years-ago&quot; things.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Republicans seem to have held onto control of the Long Beach City Council after a count of some absentee ballots late Tuesday &mdash; but it&rsquo;s not over yet.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The people tabulating absentee ballots in Nassau County are making sure that members of the armed services are going to have their votes counted.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[What's the problem with American political discourse? According to&nbsp;Rupert Murdoch, it's New York Gov. David A.&nbsp;Paterson.&nbsp;&nbsp;A Gawker story Tuesday reported that when the media mogul was asked&nbsp;why&nbsp;political discourse is so angry, he replied:&nbsp; &quot;Because David Paterson is blind and can't read braille.&quot;Gawker reports that Murdoch made the remark&nbsp;Monday on a panel of&nbsp;the &nbsp;Wall Street Journal CEO Council. The question that prompted Murdoch's reference to Paterson --&nbsp;&quot;How do we bring more civil discourse to the discussion, and stop appealing to the populists on the right and the left?&quot; -- &nbsp;was &quot;clearly directed at&nbsp; Fox News,&quot; according to the Gawker account.&nbsp;]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Since he was eleccted by the state Legislature to replace the felony-ousted Alan Hevesi, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has had little occasion to deliver good news of any kind. He inherited the pay-for-play pension scandal, state finances collapsed, and pressures grew on the huge retirement fund he controls as sole trustee. So today, it is noteworthy that he reports a glimmer of the positive on Wall Street.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s the raw vote totals from the Nassau County Board of Elections when they closed down Monday night after counting 536 of the 8,000 absentee ballots. Keep in mind, the 536 were all from the 12th Assembly District, centered in Massapequa, which is Republican territory.-County Executive:Incumbent Democrat Thomas Suozzi 118,761Republican challenger Edward Mangano 119,315Conservative challenger Steve Hansen 9,551(Mangano leads by 554) -County Comptroller:Incumbent Democrat Howard Weitzman 115,167Republican challenger George Maragos 116,186(Maragos leads by 1,019)-14th County Legislative DistrictRepublican challenger Joseph Belesi 7,265Democratic incumbent David Mejias 7,123(Belesi leads by 142)]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The federal Help American Vote Act, a 2002 law meant to&nbsp;help localities modernize their&nbsp;election systems, draws some bipartisan derision at the Nassau County Board of Elections, where workers are sorting through the absentee ballots to decide key county elections.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[The seal on the counting room door in the Nassau County ballot tally was broken at 8 a.m. Thursday to give maintenance workers a chance to fix the air circulation system.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s the raw vote totals from the Nassau County Board of Elections after they closed down Wednesday night.&nbsp; Keep in mind, the count is by Assembly District and as the counts shifts to new districts, so may the margin between the candidates.-County Executive:Incumbent Democrat Thomas Suozzi 119,504Republican challenger Edward Mangano 120,057Conservative challenger Steve Hansen 9,592(Mangano leads by 553) -County Comptroller:Incumbent Democrat Howard Weitzman 116,057Republican challenger George Maragos 117,003(Maragos leads by 976-14th County Legislative DistrictNo change. No paper ballots in the legislative district were counted Wednesday.-]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Apparently one Assemb. Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long Beach)&nbsp; is worth one Sen. Kemp Hannon&nbsp;(R-Garden City)&nbsp; at the Nassau Elections Board.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[What's the problem with American political discourse? According to&nbsp;Rupert Murdoch, it's New York Gov. David A.&nbsp;Paterson.&nbsp;&nbsp;A Gawker story Tuesday reported that when the media mogul was asked&nbsp;why&nbsp;political discourse is so angry, he replied:&nbsp; &quot;Because David Paterson is blind and can't read braille.&quot;Gawker reports that Murdoch made the remark&nbsp;Monday on a panel of&nbsp;the &nbsp;Wall Street Journal CEO Council. The question that prompted Murdoch's reference to Paterson --&nbsp;&quot;How do we bring more civil discourse to the discussion, and stop appealing to the populists on the right and the left?&quot; -- &nbsp;was &quot;clearly directed at&nbsp; Fox News,&quot; according to the Gawker account.&nbsp;]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Since he was eleccted by the state Legislature to replace the felony-ousted Alan Hevesi, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has had little occasion to deliver good news of any kind. He inherited the pay-for-play pension scandal, state finances collapsed, and pressures grew on the huge retirement fund he controls as sole trustee. So today, it is noteworthy that he reports a glimmer of the positive on Wall Street.]]></description>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s the raw vote totals from the Nassau County Board of Elections when they closed down Monday night after counting 536 of the 8,000 absentee ballots. Keep in mind, the 536 were all from the 12th Assembly District, centered in Massapequa, which is Republican territory.-County Executive:Incumbent Democrat Thomas Suozzi 118,761Republican challenger Edward Mangano 119,315Conservative challenger Steve Hansen 9,551(Mangano leads by 554) -County Comptroller:Incumbent Democrat Howard Weitzman 115,167Republican challenger George Maragos 116,186(Maragos leads by 1,019)-14th County Legislative DistrictRepublican challenger Joseph Belesi 7,265Democratic incumbent David Mejias 7,123(Belesi leads by 142)]]></description>
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