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Thursday, April 7, 2011

“Prosser gains 7,500 votes in Waukesha County”: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update that begins, “In a political bombshell, the clerk in a Republican stronghold released new vote totals adding a net total of 7,582 new votes in the tight state Supreme Court race to Justice David Prosser, swinging the race significantly in his favor.”

The newspaper also has a related update headlined “Prosser’s huge gain comes after Waukesha County flub is caught.”

And in other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Wis. corrects vote count, gives incumbent big lead.”

Posted at 7:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“Latest vote counts give edge to Prosser”: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a news update that begins, “Wisconsin’s whipsaw of a Supreme Court election kept jiggling Thursday, as the first statewide recount in two decades loomed and the ongoing process of officially counting ballots appeared to swing the unofficial winner from the challenger to the incumbent.”

Posted at 5:04 PM by Howard Bashman



“Barry Bonds trial: Defense rests, case soon to jury.” Lance Williams has this article today in The San Francisco Chronicle.

In today’s edition of The San Jose Mercury News, Howard Mintz reports that “Barry Bonds rests his case without taking a swing.”

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Barry Bonds’ defense rests without calling a single witness in perjury trial; Prosecutors drop one of five felony counts against the Giants slugger, who is accused of lying under oath when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.”

And The New York Times reports that “Jury May Get Bonds’s Case Thursday.”

Posted at 8:14 AM by Howard Bashman



“Gitmo Fatigue at the Supreme Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this post at the “Opinionator” blog of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:05 AM by Howard Bashman



“State Supreme Court race headed for likely recount; First statewide recount in more than 20 years raises political stakes, fuels union battle”: This article appears today in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Posted at 7:58 AM by Howard Bashman