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...book, you mention the idea that everything in life is either taken or traded, that nothing exists outside of those two categories. You said you were fascinated with this topic and tried to find something that didn't fit in either category. Did you ever find anything? That's an idea from [Canadian writer and activist] Jane Jacobs. The one that I propose that doesn't [fit] is a pawnshop, because you can pledge an item and then redeem it later. Sometimes it's taking, and sometimes it's trading. It's the shifting, ambiguous nature of pawnshoppery...
...booth. "I think it left him feeling a lot more invested in the political process," Fox said. "He told me after we were done that he wished he were 18 so he could vote on his own." All day, the social-networking site's news feed twittered with users either complaining about the long lines or marveling at how quickly they got in and out. Many encouraged friends to vote, reminding everyone that casting a ballot gets voters free Starbucks coffee and Ben & Jerry's ice cream today. - By Anita Hamilton / New York City
...Earlier in the day, for example, several Republican poll workers were asked to leave their polling places. Reports varied as to why - either they lacked proper credentials or the polling place was too crowded to accommodate them. In either case, a city judge promptly ordered them returned to the polling places, according to state party officials...
...Either way, DiBenigno may well be right about the effect of Castro's Election Day praise for Obama - and Castro himself may want it that way. Castro watchers have long believed that he and Cuba's leaders prefer Republican U.S. Presidents who hold the hard line against the communist island, because it gives them a yanqui enemy to help rally domestic political support. McCain, Castro wrote in his statement today, is more "bellicose" than Obama - and that may be just what el comandante prefers. - By Tim Padgett / Miami...
...Democratic nominee spent the last full day of his presidential campaign in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia-all three of them states that George W. Bush won four years ago and Obama is either tied or leading in. "I have one word for you-tomorrow. We are one day away from changing the United States of America," he declared at every stop. "Tomorrow, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election." He recalled how he began his quest for the nomination as an underdog in February, 2007, on the steps...