In the wake of last year's presidential election, some media organizations, such as CNN, adopted a policy of not projecting the outcome in any single state until the polls had closed in that state.
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Saturday ordered all roads in the state closed to nonessential traffic.
All federal and state buildings in the city and the state were closed.
Following the suits, filed in Minnesota state court in November 2009, one clinic closed.
Torrential rain and increasing snowfall are paralyzing much of the country, and most government and public offices in Jordan are closed Wednesday, the state-run Petra news agency said.
One of several wildfires raging in California temporarily closed a section of the state's coastal highway.
Central time, the state had closed all highways in six counties -- Ellis, Harper, Woodward, Beaver, Texas and Cimarron -- until further notice.
The last transfer took place in September , and the State Department office tasked with finding countries that would take the others was closed in January.
Right now, Romney and running mate Paul Ryan are trailing in the Buckeye State by an average of 6% in recent polls, but that gap can easily be closed over the next five weeks if they play their cards right.
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For instance, the number of mentally ill in Santa Clara County's jails jumped by 300% in the four years after a nearby Californian state hospital closed down.
In the 2000 election, CNN and other networks projected Al Gore the winner of that state before the Central Time Zone polls closed in the Florida Panhandle.
Authorities dismantled Yukos in a closed auction, and its key assets were ultimately acquired by state-controlled Rosneft, which is slated to go public on the London Stock Exchange this summer in one of the largest initial offerings ever.
Many state-run banks were closed and public transport disrupted in parts of the country.
Milford is known as "The Granite Town" in the Granite State, though nearly all the local granite quarries are closed now.
Schools and legislatures in multiple states were closed on Thursday, and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced a state of emergency.
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Last week the Nikkei Index shot up 8% in one day when the Japanese government "accepted" the state of affairs and closed down Hokkaido Takushoku Bank.
Grain and commodities export terminal 5 was closed as well as import terminal 6, a hub for Asian imports in the state as well as U.S. exports.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, has declared a state of emergency and called in the National Guard, and Baltimore schools were closed.
Many U.S. embassies and consulates are closed in around the world while others are on "authorized departure, " which means the State Department will allow and pay for the departure of family members and non-emergency personnel at a particular post on a voluntary basis.
But with a state of emergency still in effect through most of Massachusetts, public transportation shut down and the roads closed by a storm that dumped as much as a yard of snow on some areas, the NHL decided to postpone Saturday's game between the Lightning and the Bruins.
State companies have closed, unemployment has soared, less than one-fifth of Zambians have electricity in their homes, and exports have slumped.
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