Brian Mann

Despite President Obama’s repeated appearances on the campaign trail, Democrats lost both of the gubernatorial elections yesterday. Does this mean that the president has lost some of his political clout? In New York’s 23rd, however, a Democrat won.

It is voting day across the country, but a surprising amount of national attention has been focused on a special election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District. We talk to North Country Public Radio reporter Brian Mann, live from a polling station.

Tomorrow will bring three off-year elections that have garnered national attention: New Jersey and Virginia will elect governors, and a special election in New York.

Animal manure on industrial farms can wreak environmental havoc. At the University of Guelph in Ontario, microbiologist Cecil Forsberg has found a solution to the problem. He genetically modified pigs to produce low-phosphorous manure.