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Broken keyboard keys are quite a common occurrence on laptops and netbooks. Although it’s not a terrible problem if the keypress still registers without the key, it is quite difficult if a common key doesn’t work at all. Maybe there’s keys you keep hitting by mistake such as Caps Lock, or would just like a certain key to be in a more convenient location. Or, there might be a key on your keyboard you never seem to use or need.In all those situations, a simple solution would be to change the keyboard keys to do something else...or run a shortcut/hotkey...

TRENTON — U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman is the odd man out. A panel approved the reconfiguration of New Jersey’s congressional districts Friday — reducing the number from 13 to 12 — and Rothman, a Democrat representing the 9th District, was left staring at his potential demise. After a week of wrangling between six-member teams of Republicans and Democrats culminated with a tie-breaking vote, Rothman, a 15-year congressional veteran from Bergen County, was drawn into a district that favors a Republican incumbent. Rothman’s hometown of Fair Lawn ended up in the 5th District, represented by Scott Garrett, after Republicans persuaded John...

May 19, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Top-secret plans to redraw Illinois' legislative and congressional districts could lead to big changes in the districts of three of the area's African-American congressmen, ABC7 News has learned. This is the first time under the current state constitution that one party has controlled redrawing the state's legislative and congressional district maps. Realizing the controversy their proposed boundaries will stir, Illinois Democrats are keeping much of their plan top secret. Even party VIPs can't get a peek. Davis is one of three black congressmen -- Bobby Rush and Jesse Jackson, Jr. are the others --...

SACRAMENTO — If you want a less-polarized Legislature — if you want lawmakers who can actually compromise to get things done, such as agreeing on a budget — redistricting reform is not the answer. That's the finding of a report released Tuesday night by the Public Policy Institute of California, throwing into doubt the campaign message of Proposition 11, which would take the power to draw political boundaries away from lawmakers and hand it to a 14-member commission. Proponents have argued that the measure, which is on the Nov. 4 ballot, would rid Sacramento of the partisan bickering by setting...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Eight of the 20 California Republicans in Congress have endorsed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's push for new legislative and congressional districts for the 2006 elections. In a letter to the Republican governor, the lawmakers said they agreed that drawing new districts for 2006 was a "necessary reform to restore fair and democratic electoral choice to the voters of California." Schwarzenegger is backing legislation and an initiative to take the power to draw districts away from the Democrat-dominated Legislature and turn it over to a panel of retired judges, saying it would result in more seats that either party...

A lobbying firm representing traditionally Democratic causes and a political consultant with ties to a Democratic congressman are seeking to qualify a handful of ballot initiatives that exempt members of Congress if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proceeds with a special election to force the redrawing of political districts years ahead of schedule. Jim Gonzalez and Associates, the Sacramento lobbying firm that submitted the four proposed initiatives to the state attorney general's office for consideration, and John Thiella, a consultant to the firm on the initiative proposals, say they are not working on behalf of specific clients but rather floating proposals that...

DENVER (December 1, 6:59 a.m. PST) - In a decision that could have national implications, the Colorado Supreme Court threw out the state's new congressional districts Monday because the GOP-led Legislature redrew the maps in violation of the constitution. The General Assembly is required to redraw the maps only after each census and before the ensuing general election - not at any other time, the court said in a closely watched decision. A similar court battle is being waged in Texas. Under the ruling, Colorado's seven congressional districts revert to boundaries drawn up by a Denver judge last year after...

WASHINGTON - Three of the 10 holdout Democratic senators left their New Mexico refuge for the nation's capital to launch a $1 million national tour to draw attention to their standoff with the GOP over congressional redistricting. State Sens. Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio, Rodney Ellis of Houston and Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso announced at the National Press Club on Thursday that they would be part of a concentrated media campaign funded by MoveOn.org. The group, formed in the late 1990s to fight the impeachment of President Clinton, has taken up the cause of the Texas Senate...

Remap battle may go to D.C. By Guillermo X. Garcia Express-News Austin Bureau Web Posted : 08/20/2003 12:00 AM AUSTIN — The Senate battle about congressional redistricting, waged between Austin and Albuquerque, N.M., for nearly a month, may head to Washington. The 11 Democratic senators who fled to Albuquerque to block redistricting were told Tuesday by their attorney, Jerry Hebert, that the state has asked the Department of Justice to pre-clear a decision by Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to reject the two-thirds rule that allowed the Democrats to block redistricting last month. Senate Democrats have vowed to fight that effort,...

Remap protesters rally at Capitol By Nathan Levy Special to the Express-News Web Posted : 08/10/2003 12:00 AM AUSTIN — Under a broiling sun, about 4,000 people rallied Saturday in front of the state Capitol to cheer speakers opposed to a Republican-led congressional redistricting effort and to voice support for the 11 Democratic state senators who fled to New Mexico last month to block it. Participants trekked in from Laredo, San Antonio, Dallas and other cities, many carrying placards with such messages as "Scrap the Map" and "Oh Thank Heaven For the Senate Eleven!" The 11 lawmakers fled to Albuquerque...

LIFE IN EXILE Texas Eleven say constituents oppose remap By ARMANDO VILLAFRANCA Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Eleven Texas senators began their second week in self-imposed exile Monday by firing salvos at Gov. Rick Perry and at their Senate colleagues, urging them to gauge constituents' sentiments on congressional redistricting. State Sen. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston, said 90 percent of the testimony in hearings around the state last month opposed redistricting. "I'm telling you, Waco said `No.' San Angelo said `No.' Lubbock said `No,' " Gallegos said. The eleven Democratic senators fled to Albuquerque last week to break quorum on...

SAN ANTONIO -- Texas Republicans may lose their only Hispanic congressman in a redistricting plan designed to increase the GOP's share of the state's congressional delegation, a legislative subcommittee was told Thursday. Led by Democratic legislators, opponents of redrawing Texas' congressional lines outnumbered supporters in the San Antonio hearing, one of three held in different cities by House subcommittees in preparation for the special session that begins Monday. "If you were really listening, you would call off this wasteful session," said Lucille Lopez Santos, a San Antonio educator, who blamed the effort on a "power-hungry guy in Washington named Tom...

DeLay has an eye on Tex. map By Allison Stevens Texas Democrats are preparing for a potential showdown with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), who is working behind the scenes to redraw the state’s congressional map. Regarded as Capitol Hill’s point man on Texas redistricting, DeLay has asked a number of state legislators to take the apparently unprecedented step of redrawing district lines enacted last year, in hope of ousting several Democratic members of Congress, knowledgeable GOP sources say. Texas Republicans are zeroing in on white Democrats from rural districts, such as Reps. Chet Edwards, Charlie Stenholm, Ralph Hall,...