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Still waiting….

November 5, 2008

A conspicous absence in the (Raleigh) N&O as to the uncertainty surrounding North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes and where they will go. The only information available is a short piece by Associated Press’ Aaron Beard. The article includes a statement by State Board of Elections Director Gary Bartlett saying that provisional ballots are currently in the process of [...]

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Headlines from around the world

November 5, 2008

Filed at 1:54 p.m.
Photos of president-elect Sen. Barack Obama covered the fronts of major newspapers throughout the world, from Prague to Panama, from Recife to Dubai. Though I can’t translate the language of every headline, and I can’t even begin to pronounce some of them, I’ll try to give you a sense of what [...]

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Hello White House University

November 5, 2008

Very interesting nota bene over at the Chronicle of Higher Education today. This will be the very first election to usher in a White House where the commander in chief, his VP, and both their spouses have all worked in the higher education field. Obama worked in Chicago Law until 2004, and it seems Biden [...]

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Celebration throughout Raleigh as Obama wins

November 5, 2008

Filed at 4:17 a.m.
Maya Robinson covered the jubilation in Raleigh as Sen. Barack Obama was declared the winner of the 2008 presidential election. Check out a slideshow of her photos below:

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Facebook statuses marked by exultation

November 5, 2008

filed at 3:30 a.m.
More than 65 percent of the nation’s voting populace between the ages of 18 and 24 voted for President-elect Barack Obama in this election—and that same demographic also comprises the generation for which Facebook is a part of daily life. Facebook, the original bastion of social networking, and Twitter, its modern reincarnation, [...]

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Obama winning N.C. by slim margin

November 5, 2008

Filed at 1:27 a.m.
Unofficial vote totals from the N.C. State Board of Elections show President-elect Barack Obama winning N.C. over Sen. John McCain by only 0.27 percent. All 100 precincts have been counted. It’s unclear whether the small margin will result in a recount.

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Reggie Love honored on stage

November 5, 2008

Filed at 12:22 a.m.
Former Blue Devil basketball and football player Reggie Love, President-elect Barack Obama’s body man, joined Obama on stage as part of the first wave of Obama team’s celebrating on stage. A couple hundred thousand more people than Love played in front of when Duke played North Carolina.

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Hotel staff celebrates

November 4, 2008

Filed at 11:41 p.m.
 
 
As Obama clinched the presidency, staff members at the North Raleigh Hilton burst out of the kitchen area to watch his victory on TV.

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