The Fire Department of New York today doesn't count any call time in its response analysis, a change from 2008 and earlier, when it included the time during which fire-dispatch staffers handled the call.

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Alarmed that "a mob stormed the canvassing board" in Miami to stop the count, he and Gore decided, in an 11 a.m. phone call on Friday, to file a challenge to the vote results after they are certified Sunday.

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Still, there are few shows he'd dare count on: "If you call me in five years, we have a really good chance 'The Lion King' is running, and I'd be happy to arrange a ticket for you for 'Wicked' for that date, " he says.

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Confused as to whether dream emails actually count and fretting at the edges of sleep, I finally give in to the siren call, rouse Jamie and we head back out in the Cayman.

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