While the nation launched into a game of Ring Around the White House, thankfully some contests actually did get resolved last week:
RAPPED UP The duel of the two coolest rappers was decided. Jay-Z's new album The Dynasty: Roc la Familia 2000 outsold Outkast's same-day release, Stankonia.
FOWL ART A Minnesota wildlife painter, Robert Hautman, bested 315 other artists in the 2000 federal duck-stamp contest with his acrylic of a northern pintail.
P.R. EFFORT In one of Puerto Rico's tightest races--it was too close to call most of the night--voters elected antistatehood San Juan Mayor Sila Calderon as Governor.
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