The Islanders have been tied or ahead in the third period in 23 of 29 games this season and are 13-7-3 in those contests.

WSJ: Senators score 4 in 3rd, rally past Islanders

So Nader's critiques could hurt Bush in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and other battleground states, but not rob Kerry of significant votes in those contests.

CNN: Nader on the radar

The Bobcats and Heat played three times during 2012, and Charlotte never led for a single second in any of those contests.

NPR: Heat Set To Hit The Road Riding 26-Game Win Streak

It explains why the department has suspended the competitions to run the Great Western, Essex Thameside and Thameslink services, just in case the financial models underpinning those contests are flawed in a similar way.

BBC: Why all the West Coast bids were wrong

In some beauty contests, such as those held for mobile-phone licences in Spain and Finland, the government has made next to no money at all.

ECONOMIST: What am I bid?

How accurate have those contests been in predicting the presidential nominees?

CNN: CNN Student News Learning Activity: Caucuses and Primaries

We've seen other Presidents and those that they defeated in presidential contests together.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Most of those involved in the perfect-bracket contests declined to say how much the insurance coverage costs.

WSJ: Trying for a Perfect Bracket? Insurers Will Take Those Odds

Those two states vote first in presidential nominating contests in three years.

CNN: Biden on Obama at start of second term: 'Totally simpatico'

Those margins helped overcome Democratic dominance of urban areas and tighter contests in suburbs.

NPR: Poll: Rural Voters Not Reliably Republican in 2008