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This article states that The United States stands to gain nearly 300,000 square miles of additional ocean holdings, including an estimated 400 billion barrels of untapped undersea oil and gas, experts say. It goes on to say that it could make the 1849 Gold Rush and the Texas oil boom seem trivial by comparison. Not surprisingly, U.S. oil and gas companies support ratification.

Broward Supervisor of Elections spokeswoman Mary Cooney said it's not uncommon for screens on heavily used machines to slip out of sync, making votes register incorrectly. Poll workers are trained to recalibrate them on the spot -- essentially, to realign the video screen with the electronics inside. The 15-step process is outlined in the poll-workers manual.

Ballot Questions (Maryland 2006) This page lists three statewide constitutional amendments and a referendum to appear on the 2006 Gubernatorial General Election ballot. The ballot language of those questions has been certified. Constitutional Amendments and the Statewide Referendum appear on all ballots statewide. Local Referenda and Public Local Law Referenda only appear on the ballots in the county affected. Maryland law does not permit the Initiative process. Question 1 - Constitutional Amendment: Disposition of Park LandsQuestion 2 - Constitutional Amendment: Circuit Court in Banc DecisionsQuestion 3 - Constitutional Amendment: Civil Jury TrialsQuestion 4 - Statewide Referendum: Election Law Revisions

NBC News edited out a comment by Sen. John Kerry about his military records not being public after including it in a previous version of an interview. A transcript of the version of the interview that appeared on "Dateline," however, does not include the reference to Kerry's records being secret. The senator's response to the question in the edited broadcast is: "That's great. More power. I don't know how they've done it."

For several days I have not been able to connect to Sinclair Broadcasting's website. Same for spot checks of some of their affiliates. Does anyone know what is going on? Can anyone else reach these websites or is it just me?

KERRY: "And what I would like to do is see the National Guard and Reserve be deployed differently here in our own country. There's much we can do with them with respect to homeland security."