guardian.co.uk'll be following each election result in the Senate, House and gubernatorial races as they come in. Expect results to start arriving from about 7pm ET/11pm GMT and follow Richard Adams's
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Creating a big, expensive epic that flops at the box office has got to be embarrassing. Depending on how bad the movie is and how badly it flops, it can destroy careers...
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The billionaires on the Forbes 400 list have given more than $30 million to politicians and political action committees since 2006, along with millions more in soft money to politically active groups. Although Forbes 400 members give about 15% more money to Republicans than Democrats, they fund groups across the political spectrum.
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John Palmer has a look at the past 100 years of government and economic indicators:
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Every two years, good.is look at the candidates who have raised the most money while trying to represent us. In this year's midterms, the representatives from each party are Charles Schumer (D-NY)—who is a shoo-in to keep his seat and has raised the most money of any Democrat—and Marco Rubio (R-FL) who is running against an independent former governor as well as a Democrat, and leading handily. This is what they would look like if they were forced to campaign in suits that made it clear to the world who their sponsors were, just like NASCAR drivers.
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Here Lies 15 of Hollywood’s Most Killed Stars. Robert De Niro has died in 14 films which include: Bloody Mama, Bang the Drum Slowly, Mean Streets, Brazil, The Mission, Cape Fear, This Boy’s Life, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein , Heat, The Fan, Jackie Brown, Great Expectations, 15 Minutes and Hide & Seek.
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Every election cycle has its own issue; what Americans care about is constantly changing. Every January, the Pew Center for the People and the Press surveys Americans about what their top political priorities are for the year. These are their answers, going back to 2001.
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College tuition and fees climbed once again this year, but the burden was tempered for some students and their families by a big jump in federal aid, according to a new report by the nonprofit College Board.
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In the final days before Tuesday’s elections, Twitter users interested in politics have increased their bursts of 140 characters. The chart below highlights the number of posts related to candidates running for governor or the Senate.
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Flowchart that shows how an idea moves from hypothesis to accepted theory, with room for revision.
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