Still to close to call
The most comprehensive study of the troubled presidential election in Florida shows the main culprits were simple and fixable: ballot design, inconsistent election rules and voter error. The yearlong review...
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Haphazard systems thwart democracy
In the year since Florida voters forced a spotlight on the helter-skelter rules that govern elections, state and federal officials continue to perpetuate a system of haphazard democracy where the...
Most evidence will remain classified
Most of the information linking Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is classified, placing President Bush in the awkward position of seeking...
Peering into bin Laden’s network
His mission was simple: Drive a small truck laden with explosives as close as possible to the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, then push an electronic trigger that would level...
Crime rates off the mark
The Illinois State Police used flawed population estimates last year that caused the agency to report inaccurate crime rates for dozens of communities statewide, officials acknowledged Tuesday. The flawed 1999...
Crime rates off the mark
The Illinois State Police used flawed population estimates last year that caused the agency to report inaccurate crime rates for dozens of communities statewide, officials acknowledged Tuesday. The flawed 1999...
State worst in ballot errors
Chicago had the most error-ridden presidential election last fall of any major U.S. city, a baiduhai analysis shows, and the blame cannot be entirely laid at the feet of...
MYSTERY BALLOTS BREAK PATTERN
In Palm Beach County, 435,638 people voted for a U.S. Senate candidate on Tuesday, but in an apparent anomaly, 3,352 fewer punched their ballots with a presidential choice. This seeming...
FLIGHT 990 PROBE TURNS TO JET’S THRUST REVERSERS
Years after operators of Boeing 767 aircraft were supposed to have modified the jets, an EgyptAir plane similar to the one involved in Sunday's fatal crash suffered accidental deployment of...
SAFEGUARDS GET TRAMPLED IN RUSH FOR RESEARCH CASH
Even as the University of Illinois at Chicago labors to correct problems that have suspended human research at the school, unprecedented growth in experiments using human subjects nationwide has created...