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Final Stretch in Wisconsin Recall, Voting Drama Flares in Florida
Tomorrow's recall election in Wisconsin and the purge of voting rolls in Florida could determine the outcome of the presidential election.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenTomorrow's recall election in Wisconsin and the purge of voting rolls in Florida. We hear about early partisan battles in states that could determine the outcome of the presidential election. Also, US drone strikes in Pakistan kill 27 in three days. On Reporter's Notebook, for the second time in British history, a Diamond Jubilee, this time with a million people lining the Thames for the biggest flotilla in 350 years.
Banner image: Governor Scott Walker is the focus of a recall effort in Wisconsin.
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3 storiesUS Drone Strikes in Pakistan Kill 27 in Three Days
Three likely American drone attacks in the past three days have killed 27 people in northwest Pakistan, a practice that's already closed supply routes thought that country into Afghanistan. Declan Walsh is in Islamabad for the New York Times .
Read the story7 minPartisan Battles in Swing States and the November Elections
In tomorrow's Wisconsin recall election , the target is Republican Governor Scott Walker, and the issue is the rights of public workers. If tea partiers and big money can defeat the efforts of organized labor, what about other states and the presidential campaign?
Read the story38 minQueen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee
There were a thousand boats and a million onlookers braving a cold rain yesterday on the Thames for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II . She's the only British Royal to live long enough for that honor other than Queen Victoria.
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