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Election remains a tossup
Al Gore and George W. Bush made a final blitz Monday, with Gore predicting to NBC News that it’s going to be “very, very close.”
Nader says other parties ‘out of gas’
Ralph Nader made a last-minute pitch for votes for his protest campaign Monday, calling the Republicans and Democrats “out of gas” and in big need of a push to make them more responsive to voters.
GOP’s Web site hacked
Just hours before the polls opened on Tuesday, a computer intruder defaced the Republican National Committee’s Web site with a pro-Al Gore message, MSNBC.com has learned.
Russert: Turnout, Florida keys to race
NBC’s Washington Bureau chief takes a look at the 2000 presidential election campaign as the last day’s countdown begins.
$145 billion smokers’ award upheld
A judge Monday upheld the record-breaking $145 billion verdict won by Florida smokers, rejecting claims that the amount will bankrupt the tobacco industry.
Tobacco firms OK settlement pact
Two major tobacco companies have tentatively reached an $8 billion accord settling punitive-damage claims against them in nearly a dozen lawsuits pending in federal court in Brooklyn. The Wall Street Journal reports.