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As you may have been made aware, TV on the Radio is back. Their new album, Nine Types of Light, is out April 12 (it's streaming now at Rhapsody), and they're kicking off a tour this week, which starts in Philadelphia and wraps up in St. Louis at the end of August (see all the dates here). On the 13th, that tour stops in New York, at the world-famous Radio City Music Hall. Would you like to be in attendance? Great news, then: Vulture has two tickets to give away to one lucky winner. To be that person, please provide one haiku (that's five, seven, and five syllables per line) explaining why you deserve to see the show more than anyone else. And please do so by 5 p.m. today. Thanks, and good luck!

From Where They Stand, It Looks Easier By BILL PENNINGTON Published: April 5, 2011

When Tiger Woods was winning three of the six Masters tournaments held from 1997 to 2002, leaders of Augusta National Golf Club made alterations to holes hoping to “Tiger-proof” the historic golf course. Adding length and strategically placed trees, what they might have done instead is amplify the advantage for another regular player of the tournament: the left-handed golfer.


Half of the eight Masters champions since 2002 have been left-handed, with Phil Mickelson accounting for three of those victories. Mike Weir, who plays a different, less brawny game than Mickelson, won in 2003.





Still, has hallowed Augusta National become refuge and playground for a tiny minority of odd lefties, a golf species once so disparaged that instructors routinely forced them to switch sides and play right-handed?

“I agree that it’s better to be left-handed here,” said Luke Donald, one of the favorites at this week’s Masters and a right-handed player, as he stood beside the 18th green after his Tuesday practice round.

“There are an awful lot of holes that look more inviting if you stand over the ball as a left-hander,” Donald continued. “The golf course may have always demanded a certain right-to-left ball flight for the right-handed player, but considering where they’ve moved the tees, it’s exaggerated. It’s a harder shot for a right-hander.”

Donald, the world’s fourth-ranked player, rolled his eyes.

“I certainly wouldn’t mind having Mickelson’s cut shot off many of those tees,” he said.

The world’s top-ranked player, Martin Kaymer, went one step further.

“I wish I could play the other way around,” said Kaymer, a contemplative young talent from Germany. Then, almost pleading for the chance, he added: “I wish I could play the Masters left-handed.”

Which led Mickelson to prove that left-handed golfers at the Masters also have the capacity for precise comic timing. Told later of Kaymer’s wishes, Mickelson deadpanned: “I would love Martin to play this tournament left-handed.”

No one is going to be switch-hitting when the tournament begins Thursday, even if many pros are known to be reasonably competent at striking the ball lefty and righty. Golf is not baseball. Augusta National’s modifications are not the equivalent of an unhittable right-handed reliever striding in from the bullpen. Right-handed golfers are obviously neither outmoded nor outgunned.

But with Mickelson a clear favorite again and the young, charging, lefty-swinging Bubba Watson seemingly waiting in the wings for his first major championship, it is worth pondering if guys standing on the “other” side of the ball have finally found a mainstream, if quirky, benefit to their outsiders’ stance.

At issue is the right-to-left shape of several Augusta National holes, including the pivotal 13th and the devilishly positioned 9th and 10th. Trees placed on the left side of some fairways have increased the effect. Other holes considered in the left-handed wheelhouse are the par-5 second and the par-4 fifth. On Tuesday, Kaymer added the par-4 14th as well, where he coveted Mickelson’s drive.

“Nice little cut shot for him,” Kaymer said. “Tough, hard draw for us.”

While shaping a tee shot to curve in either direction is well within the skill set of an elite pro golfer, for most right-handers, making the ball curve right to left is a more dangerous, unpredictable play. It has something to do with the natural arc of the right-hander’s swing. Ask any weekend duffer: a slice — a left-to-right curve — is effortless, even disturbingly natural.

“It’s just much harder to control a right-to-left draw,” Donald said. “And when you have to hit it farther and control that shape longer like you do now on this golf course, well, the challenge is greater.

“It’s easier to set up for a left-to-right fade.”

Kaymer said: “I can fade it all day. And if you’re left-handed, that’s what you get to do.”

Since many factors go into making a successful round, and because Mickelson is among the world’s best for many more reasons than his left-handed golfing — he does most nongolf things right-handed — it is hard to use statistics to show a left-handed advantage at Augusta National. And the left-handed sample size is small.

But to use an admittedly simple measure, in their Masters careers, Mickelson, Watson and Weir have played the 2nd, 5th, 9th, 10th and 13th holes considerably better than the cumulative scoring average for each of those holes (4.35 to 4.8, for example, on the par-5 second hole, and 4.08 to 4.8 on the par-5 13th). The three players have a 3.996 scoring average for those five holes, well under the cumulative scoring average for those holes of all golfers, 4.468. Mickelson, Weir and Watson have been 82 under par on those five holes in 128 rounds played.

Mickelson, whose assertive and confident bearing on the Augusta National grounds seems to grow with each spring, conceded that there were holes that set up well for his favored play off the tee. Or as he said, “There are holes that fit well to my eye.”

But he tried to temper that remark with a qualification: “There are a couple of holes that I feel more uncomfortable playing left-handed.”

Even if Mickelson has the ambidexterity to engage both halves of his brain in pursuit of another Masters green jacket, it was still obvious where he found his advantage. Grinning like the Cheshire Cat on Tuesday, Mickelson offered: “Well, you know, I enjoy this place.”

April 6, 2011 9:41 AM Long Island serial killer? Police expand search for bodies near beach

(CBS/WCBS/AP) OAK BEACH, N.Y. - Police plan to continue their investigation Wednesday at a remote, densely overgrown stretch of a Long Island barrier island as they expand their search for more victims of a possible serial killer.

PICTURES: Long Island serial killer's victims?

It was also determined Tuesday that the three most recent sets of remains, which were found on April 4, were not those of New Jersey woman Shannan Gilbert, whose disappearance sparked the search that has led to the discovery of eight bodies, reports CBS affiliate WCBS.

The recently discovered remains are in addition to the remains of a victim found last week in the area, about 45 miles east of New York City. That victim has not been identified, and police have not positively connected those remains to the bodies of four prostitutes found nearby in December.

Gilbert, like the other women whose remains have been identified, advertised as a prostitute on Craigslist. She went missing in May.

Police have identified the four bodies found in December as Amber Lynn Costello, 27, originally of Wilmington, N.C.; Megan Waterman, 22, of Scarborough, Maine; Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 28, of Norwich, Conn.; and Melissa Barthelemy, 24, of Buffalo, N.Y.

Police suspect a serial killer, but so far have no suspects.

According to WCBS, police searching on foot and from above in helicopters and fire truck buckets found the latest three sets of remains as they scoured tick-infested underbrush and evergreens on the barrier island south of Long Island, Dormer said.

Investigators have searched the area, roughly 7.5 miles, several times since December

Qatar Airways celebrates launch of 100th destination with BOGO promotion

by McLean Robbins



In anticipation of the launch of Qatar Airways' 100th destination, the airline is offering a special buy-one-get-one promotion for those purchasing tickets on April 6th or 7th, as well as a 100 pair ticket giveaway from now through April 16.



To score the BOGO promotion, book through the link above for travel between May 1 and June 10. The offer is only valid for Economy class travel and is not valid for customers traveling between Sao Paulo and Bueno Aires, and from Houston, New York or Washington to Doha. Children must book as adults, and the promotion is not available for code shares.

Already a frequent flyer? The luxury airline's frequent flyer rewards program, Privilege Club, is offering members bonus Qmiles and a special discount on award tickets.
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No progress in U.S. 2011 budget as government shutdown looms Read more: http://www.tas27.blogspot.com

A federal government shutdown looms over the United States. because of failure by the White House and Congress to make further progress in the 2011 budget.





Despite back-to-back meetings at the White House and Capitol Hill, U.S. President Barack Obama and congressional leaders could not agree on sources of savings.

Unless they reach a deal by midnight of Friday, the current spending authorization measure lapses, which will cause parts of the federal government to close.

Key Democrats thumbed down a Republican proposal to cut $12 billion from the budget to keep the government running for one more week. Republicans dismissed Democrats insistence that they agreed to reduce $33 billion for the rest of the fiscal year.

Because of the lack of agreement, the president invited the congressional leaders to return to the White House on Wednesday. Obama added he will invite them again on Thursday if the leaders still fail to reach an agreement.

Aside from disputing how much cuts would be made, another problem area to reach an agreement is the Democrats’ demand to include $10-billion one-time cuts from some programs, which the Republicans rejected because the reductions would not be permanent.

Among the government services expected to be affected immediately by a shutdown is the closure of the Smithsonian museums and other tourists spots and a halt to processing of tax refunds.



Read more: http://www.tas27.blogspot.com

Paul Ryan favors substance over gimmicks By Jennifer Rubin

Rep. Paul Ryan (R- Wis.) resisted the urge to budget by headline or to resort to gimmicky process. In putting together a very serious budget document, one so serious that liberal critics could only mischaracterize the bill or shriek. We heard plenty of “Repeal the 20th century!” “Destroy government!” “Starve six million old people !”





There were exceptions to the hysteria. The Post editorial board raised legitimate questions about the details of the Medicare reform proposal. Meanwhile over at Slate, Jacob Weisberg wrote:

And before they reject everything in Ryan’s plan, liberals might want to consider whether some of what he proposes doesn’t in fact serve their own ultimate goals. . . . [I]t’s hard to make a principled liberal case for the program in its current form. To do so, you have to argue that government-paid health care should be a right only for people over the age of 65, and for no one else. Medicare covers doctor and hospital bills at 100 percent, regardless of income. This gives doctors and patients an incentive to maximize their use of the system and waste public resources. Choosing to pay 100 percent of Warren Buffett’s medical bills while cutting Head Start reflects a strange set of social priorities, to say the least.

Ryan’s alternative to Medicare hardly seems as terrible as Paul Krugman makes out. Seniors would enter the health care world the rest of us live in, with co-payments, deductibles and managed care. Eventually, cost control would require some tough decisions about end-of-life care and the rationing of high-tech treatments that have limited efficacy. But starting with a value of $15,000 per year, per senior—the amount government now spends on Medicare—Ryan’s vouchers should provide excellent coverage. His change would amount to a minor amendment to the social contract, not a fundamental revision of it.

Effectively constraining the growth of Medicare could make it possible for Democrats to do a lot else that’s important to them in the future. In 2010, Medicare spending was $519 billion, as compared with $666 billion for all nondefense domestic discretionary spending. . . . Ryan’s goal isn’t to empower the federal government. But if your goal is a more interventionist public sector, you might find yourself on Ryan’s side of the Medicare debate.

Of the alternatives we face in controlling long-term spending growth, moving Medicare to a voucher system seems only mildly unfortunate—and nothing as compared with a debt-driven economic crisis that could stem from inaction. As Ryan rightly points out, this kind of crisis could come at any time and could cast a pall over the country’s entire future. Keeping Medicare as a fee-for-service program simply isn’t worth that risk. If anything, liberals should go further than Ryan did in this plan, adding a means-test that would diminish Medicare subsidies for upper-income beneficiaries.

One note: It’s not a voucher program; all the money goes to the selected health care plan. That is why it is deemed a “premium support plan.”Ryan did propose a voucher in the Roadmap for America ; this plan, however, doesn’t use that concept.

But returning to the main point,I hate to minimize the innovative nature of the budget Ryan put forth, but Ryan’s plan is remarkably nonradical. It does signify Republicans’ determination to preserve entitlement programs (rather than let them go bankrupt), doesn’t really address Social Security and still will have the government spending more than $3.5 trillion next year. Ryan doesn’t touch current Medicare retirees and has in general put forth a plan that is more gradual and livable than the forced austerity that a debt crisis would bring on. Considering the depth of the hole we are in, Ryan deploys a very gradual exit slope. It’s hardly going to take us back to the 1960s, let alone the Stone Age, as the left asserts.

I am especially pleased he didn’t do two things that have become meaningless and unhelpful features of previous budget plans. First, he isn’t demanding a balanced budget in a decade. What counts is the trajectory and the path to fiscal sobriety. The Wall Street Journal editorial board explains:

Some House conservatives are grousing that Mr. Ryan’s proposal doesn’t cut spending enough to balance the budget in 10 years. This is a foolish complaint. Mr. Obama will be happy to balance the budget too—at 24% of GDP, which means far higher taxes. Republicans should keep their eye on what Milton Friedman understood was the real burden of government, which is spending.

The Ryan plan would chop $179 billion from the 2012 White House budget and another $241 billion in 2013. This would be the largest two-year savings since the demobilization of the military after World War II. Mr. Ryan would cut funding for corporate welfare and hundreds of ineffective programs, reform agriculture subsidies, reduce the federal work force by 10% and repeal ObamaCare, among other good ideas.

Mr. Ryan’s budget would reduce federal borrowing to 2% of GDP by 2017, which is a manageable level of new debt and a huge improvement from the roughly 10% of GDP the Treasury is borrowing now. Given the epic hole we are in, this would be a historic achievement.

Ryan also dispenses with a shopworn gimmick — the balanced budget amendment. This is a device that elevates process over substance and gives the impression that if we say it, it will be! The Senate budget balanced amendment currently circulating is a bumper sticker without a car. Ryan isn’t talking about balancing the budget; he put forth a plan that will do it.

It is only fair for critics of the plan, including the White House, to acknowledge two things. Ryan’s plan is serious as is the crisis we face. His plan would over time eliminate the debt. And if they have objections to parts of it, where’s the alternative? We sure haven’t seen one yet.

By Jennifer Rubin | 09:45 AM ET, 04/06/2011

The Three Stooges': Sean Hayes to play Larry

By Tierney Bricker April 5, 2011 10:25 PM ET



Hayes has been cast as Larry in Peter and Bobby Farrelly's "The Three Stooges," which is set to begin production later this month, reports Variety. Already cast in the project is Will Sasso who will be playing Curly. Moe has yet to be cast.







Since finishing "Will & Grace" in 2006, Hayes has appeared in "The Bucket List" and guested on "30 Rock." Hayes also completed a year-run of "Promises, Promises" on Broadway.

The Farrelly brothers will direct the slapstick comedy biopic, which is set to hit theaters in 2012. It's been reported that they have toned down their usual raunchy humor in order to earn a PG rating. The film will be divided into three 27-minute segments.

Masters-Mickelson overshadows Woods as Augusta favorite

(Reuters) - Holder Phil Mickelson and four-times Masters champion Tiger Woods were major talking points at Augusta National on Tuesday after being conspicuous by their absence from the course the previous day.

With just one more day of practice left before the start of the 75th Masters, Mickelson has emerged as the players' title favorite although few discount the ability of Woods to rebound from a winless streak dating back almost 17 months.






Left-hander Mickelson signaled he was ready to claim a fifth major crown by winning the Houston Open on Sunday, his first success on the PGA Tour since he landed his third green jacket here 12 months ago.

"I played very well and it was a big confidence booster because I felt that golf was in me this year but I haven't been getting it out," the American world number three told reporters after practicing on the range with swing coach Butch Harmon.

"I haven't had the same type of mental focus throughout the round that I expect, and I was able to do it very effectively on the weekend.

"So to be able to have that type of performance heading into here feels very good. It reminds me a lot of 2006 when I was able to put it together the week before and carry the momentum through."

Five years ago, Mickelson won the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta before clinching the second of his three Masters crowns the following week.

"It's good for his confidence," twice Masters champion Ben Crenshaw said of Mickelson's victory in Houston on Sunday.

"Most of the time you see a string of good play before someone wins the Masters, you catch a wave of confidence in your game and you want it to spill over here."

While Woods has been the perennial favorite going into the Masters since his stunning maiden victory at Augusta National by a record 12 shots in 1997, this week is very different.

The former world number one has slipped to seventh in the rankings, following his lengthy absence from the winner's circle, and most of his peers regard Mickelson as the player to beat.

MICKELSON DOMINANCE

"I think Phil (is more dominant)," said Germany's top-ranked Martin Kaymer. "And especially after last week, the way he won. He shot 16 under on the weekend so I think he has good chances again."

Britain's Lee Westwood played with Mickelson during that third round in Houston and had a front row seat as the American fired a sizzling 63.

"He played as good as I've seen him play ever," the English world number two said. "He played very well.

U.S. Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant By JAMES GLANZ and WILLIAM J. BROAD Published: April 5, 2011

United States government engineers sent to help with the crisis in Japan are warning that the troubled nuclear plant there is facing a wide array of fresh threats that could persist indefinitely, and that in some cases are expected to increase as a result of the very measures being taken to keep the plant stable, according to a confidential assessment prepared by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.





Among the new threats that were cited in the assessment, dated March 26, are the mounting stresses placed on the containment structures as they fill with radioactive cooling water, making them more vulnerable to rupture in one of the aftershocks rattling the site after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11. The document also cites the possibility of explosions inside the containment structures due to the release of hydrogen and oxygen from seawater pumped into the reactors, and offers new details on how semimolten fuel rods and salt buildup are impeding the flow of fresh water meant to cool the nuclear cores.

In recent days, workers have grappled with several side effects of the emergency measures taken to keep nuclear fuel at the plant from overheating, including leaks of radioactive water at the site and radiation burns to workers who step into the water. The assessment, as well as interviews with officials familiar with it, points to a new panoply of complex challenges that water creates for the safety of workers and the recovery and long-term stability of the reactors.

While the assessment does not speculate on the likelihood of new explosions or damage from an aftershock, either could lead to a breach of the containment structures in one or more of the crippled reactors, the last barriers that prevent a much more serious release of radiation from the nuclear core. If the fuel continues to heat and melt because of ineffective cooling, some nuclear experts say, that could also leave a radioactive mass that could stay molten for an extended period.

The document, which was obtained by The New York Times, provides a more detailed technical assessment than Japanese officials have provided of the conundrum facing the Japanese as they struggle to prevent more fuel melting at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. But it appears to rely largely on data shared with American experts by the Japanese.

Among other problems, the document raises new questions about whether pouring water on nuclear fuel in the absence of functioning cooling systems can be sustained indefinitely. Experts have said the Japanese need to continue to keep the fuel cool for many months until the plant can be stabilized, but there is growing awareness that the risks of pumping water on the fuel present a whole new category of challenges that the nuclear industry is only beginning to comprehend.

The document also suggests that fragments or particles of nuclear fuel from spent fuel pools above the reactors were blown “up to one mile from the units,” and that pieces of highly radioactive material fell between two units and had to be “bulldozed over,” presumably to protect workers at the site. The ejection of nuclear material, which may have occurred during one of the earlier hydrogen explosions, may indicate more extensive damage to the extremely radioactive pools than previously disclosed.

David A. Lochbaum, a nuclear engineer who worked on the kinds of General Electric reactors used in Japan and now directs the nuclear safety project at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said that the welter of problems revealed in the document at three separate reactors made a successful outcome even more uncertain.

“I thought they were, not out of the woods, but at least at the edge of the woods,” said Mr. Lochbaum, who was not involved in preparing the document. “This paints a very different picture, and suggests that things are a lot worse. They could still have more damage in a big way if some of these things don’t work out for them.”

The steps recommended by the nuclear commission include injecting nitrogen, an inert gas, into the containment structures in an attempt to purge them of hydrogen and oxygen, which could combine to produce explosions. The document also recommends that engineers continue adding boron to cooling water to help prevent the cores from restarting the nuclear reaction, a process known as criticality.

Even so, the engineers who prepared the document do not believe that a resumption of criticality is an immediate likelihood, Neil Wilmshurst, vice president of the nuclear sector at the Electric Power Research Institute, said when contacted about the document. “I have seen no data to suggest that there is criticality ongoing,” said Mr. Wilmshurst, who was involved in the assessment.

The document was prepared for the commission’s Reactor Safety Team, which is assisting the Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company, which owns the plant. It says it is based on the “most recent available data” from numerous Japanese and American organizations, including the electric power company, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, the United States Department of Energy, General Electric and the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent, nonprofit group.

Central Wisconsin election preview

UNDATED (WSAU) – Local elections for non-partisan seats run today. A number of notable races are on ballots across Central Wisconsin.

In Stevens Point, a contentious battle over political philosophy has been the center point of debate between incumbent Mayor Andrew Halverson and his challenger, city council member Mike Wiza. Halverson says he can continue to bring jobs to the Stevens Point area and points to his work with Travel Guard, Spectra Print and Marshfield Clinic retaining and creating jobs in the city. Wiza says Halverson gave away too much of the taxpayers money in those efforts, and says he could get the same results for the city more effectively.


Schofield will be holding an election to replace former mayor Al Bremer who died last year. The two candidates are interim Mayor Ken Fabel and challenger Jesse Rozmarynowski.






Seats for city councils and village and town boards are up for grabs in most municipalities. Weston Village President Fred Schuster or Kronenwetter village president Judi Akey are up for reelection. Rothschild village president Neil Torney has announced he's not running for re-election.

School boards in Wausau, Stevens Point and Merrill have elections scheduled. Wausau and Merrill both reached concessions with their unions this winter in order to bring down costs, but Stevens Point did not enter into any negotiations.

Political signs at City-County Building bug blogger Blaska

A Madison blogger wrote Sunday he plans to tape signs to windows and walls of the City-County Building this morning, in an effort to draw attention to the political signs already there he says violate the building’s rules.
“These signs are unprofessional. They are clearly political. At least one urges the election of (JoAnne) Kloppenburg to the state supreme court. Many of them denounce Governor (Scott) Walker,” David Blaska wrote in his blog on Isthmus’ website, which shows pictures of the signs.
Blaska said if the signs remain up at 11:30 a.m. Monday, he and former Madison Ald. Dorothy Borchardt will lead a group of about 20 people to the building to put up their own signs.
Ald. Mike Verveer, who is a member of the City-County Liaison Committee, the building’s managing authority, said signs relating to a political campaign should be removed.








“I don’t think there should be signs in windows relating directly in favor of or opposition to a political candidate,” he said.
According to the building’s operating rules, no political activity is allowed inside the building, and placards or signs are prohibited from being carried into the building or placed on its interior or exterior walls.
Verveer said he received a copy of an email Borchardt sent last week to Police Chief Noble Wray alerting him about the issue, which could be taken up by the liaison committee, but Verveer said he didn’t know of anyone asking the committee to get involved yet.
If the committee decides any signs are inappropriate, a memo could be issued to Dane County Facilities Management, which maintains the building, instructing its tenants to comply with the decision, Verveer said.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Draws National Attention

State judicial races often don’t receive national attention, but all eyes are now on Wisconsin, where Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is locked in a bloody, high spending battle against challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg.



Kloppenburg is considered more liberal than Prosser (pictured), and the race has devolved into an ideological tug-of-war between those who favor the recent Wisconsin law limiting union rights (and favor Prosser) and those who oppose the law (and back Kloppenburg). The election is today but the votes have not yet been tallied.





Click here for a WSJ story on the race, which has featured millions of dollars in spending from third-party advocacy groups. Click here for a piece from Bloomberg and here for an article from the New York Times.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considered to be pretty evenly divided, with four justices (Prosser included) considered to be relatively conservative and three justices considered to lean more to the left. So the stakes in the race are big.

If Kloppenburg wins, it will suggest that conservative candidates may pay a price for backing Republican Governor Scott Walker’s union initiatives, University of Wisconsin professor Charles Franklin told Bloomberg. A Prosser victory, on the other hand, will indicate that the pro-union sentiment, however strong, isn’t enough to topple conservative candidates, Franklin said.

The candidates, meanwhile, have disavowed any ideological leanings.

The race is also a window into the public financing of judicial campaigns and highlights some of the limits of public financing. Wisconsin in 2009 passed a law allowing state Supreme Court candidates to fund their races strictly with public money. The goal of the law was to buttress the appearance that justices are neutral and free from being influenced by private campaign donors. Both Prosser and Kloppenburg were financed with taxpayer dollars.

The thing is, though, that under the law private advocacy groups are still free to fund television campaign ads expressing their views on races. And spend they have. The Brennan Center for Justice estimates that four special-interest groups (three of which are conservative and one, liberal) have spent more than $3.5 million combined in the primary and electoral campaigns for the Wisconsin Supreme Court seat. Click here to see a Brennan Center report on the race, which also features links to some of the TV attack-ads that have been run in the election.

TUE APR 05, 2011 AT 09:01 PM EDT Wisconsin Supreme Court results thread

Polls have just closed in Wisconsin, where it's 8pm local time. The main event, of course, is the Supreme Court race, pitting incumbent David Prosser against JoAnne Kloppenburg. Also in the Badger State, Democrat Chris Abele faces off against Republican Jeff Stone for Milwaukee County Executive. Supreme Court results can be found here.


If you're a Wisconsinite and you voted today (and surely you did), tell us about your experience in comments while we wait for results to come in!