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Most Warren County voters joined those statewide favoring Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for president, but celebrations followed national results which gave the victory to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.On local ballots, Jim Stirgus Jr. and Joe Loviza won the District 3 and District 4 seats on the five-member Vicksburg Warren School District Board of Trustees.Company officials said a power surge destroyed a component in the Horizon Casino surveillance system, causing a four-day shutdown. State gaming regulators said no casino may remain open without camera systems functioning.After a third day of vote-counting, state elections officials said their tally included more than 21,000 regular and absentee ballots cast in Warren County, indicating that more people voted here than ever before.Guyla Gould was named retiree of the year by her local peers. Gould served as principal of three schools before her retirement in 1992.With votes counted, a small group of fifth- and sixth-graders at Vicksburg Intermediate School cemented plans they have been making to attend the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009, in Washington, D.C.Renowned quilter Martha Skelton, who also had a career in education, died at the age of 89
Melissa Fung was taken Oct. 12 and was kept blindfolded in a cave. Reporters for Western news outlets in Afghanistan were aware of Fung's abduction, but the CBC requested her case not be publicized while officials negotiated her release. > Fox News Channel correspondent Catherine Herridge brought her two sons into the DC newsroom Friday night. Toddler Peter is getting around like most two-year-olds. At six months old, Peter underwent surgery during which Herridge donated part of her liver to her son. Greta Van Susteren whipped out the video camera and gives us a look:
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