Post Election Stories

Empire State goes blue
NEW YORK: The lights on the Empire State Building will be blue tonight. New York's iconic skyscraper was bathed in red and blue last night, as the nation's votes were counted.

Officials promise to light the tower in light signifying the election winner, blue for Barack Obama or red for John McCain.

Had the results been too close to call, the red-blue light split would have stayed.

By the way, the first election lighting on the Empire State Building signaled Franklin D. Roosevelt's win in 1932.


Voters joke about renaming sewage plant after Bush
SAN FRANCISCO: There won't be a sewage treatment plant named after President Bush. Voters in San Francisco have rejected Proposition R.

It would have poked some fun at the outgoing president, by renaming the Oceanside waste water treatment facility the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

Some critics said the name change wasn't fair -- to the hard-working sewage plant.

The White House never did comment on the ballot measure.


The Barack Rec Center
COLUMBUS, Ohio: It may have been an omen.

Some voters on the south side of Columbus, Ohio, cast their ballots at the Barack Recreation Center. But it's not named for President-elect Barack Obama.

 The rec center was dedicated in 1964 in honor of a former city recreation director.

While the name is spelled the same, the rec center is actually pronounced BAYR'-ihk.

Precinct presiding judge Hattie Harris says voting went smoothly at the rec center.
She adds lines weren't nearly as long as they were in 2004.