@WalmartLabs says that within the first day of contest voting, which began March 7, almost 95% of the participants received a vote via Facebook or text.
Outspoken, strong-willed, funny, gutsy and sometimes sarcastic, Michelle Obama is playing a pivotal role in her husband's campaign as it builds on a series of successes, including a sweep on Tuesday of contests in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
On the biggest day of nominating contests ever, in the most exciting and closely watched election in years, television had to hold back.
The twisters that slammed Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee were part of a line of storms across the nation's midsection at the end of a day of political contests in several states.
During this past fall, the Choate campus hosted an annual full day of athletic contests between the two schools' teams.
The Maloof Road Tour kicks off its multi-city skating show with a day of trick contests, live music performances and a tasty barbecue at Uprise Skate Shop in Wicker Park.
Most of the crowd on the day of the contest stood in front of the store, where contestants from Nutley, Bayonne, even North Carolina unpacked their entries and waited for the judging to begin.
"I actually apologised to him for a fight we'd had on the day of the contest.
There, the students worked individually or in teams of two to address one of 23 different problems, described in handouts distributed on the day of the contest.
Mr. Green's campaign kept up the barrage with automated telephone calls and mailings throughout the last day of the contest.
