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King County, a thinly populated county near the Panhandle, gave McCain 92.64% of the vote to Obama's 4.91%, McCain's best margin in any county in the nation. Despite the expected loss, Obama improved substantially upon John Kerry's performance in 2004 , narrowing the margin of victory from 22.83% down to 11.77%.
Blue states/districts went for Obama, red for McCain. Yellow states were won by either candidate by 5% or more. Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia and Iowa were won by Bush in 2004 but were won by Obama by a margin of more than 5% in 2008. States where the margin of victory was under 1% (26 electoral votes; 15 won by Obama, 11 by McCain):
January 18 – Fire in a 10-story building in the Hsinhua section of Taipei, Taiwan, killed 34. February 14 – Linxi department store fire, Tangshan, Hebei, China, killed 79 and injured 51. [159] March 16 – Paxton Hotel fire, Chicago, Illinois, killed 19 and 30 injured. [160]
Update: the #SmokehouseCreekFire in Hutchinson County is an estimated 1,075,000 acres and 3% contained. 1,050,000 acres have burned in Texas. The #687ReamerFire has burned into this fire. #txfire ...
Three adults and two children were displaced by an overnight fire that destroyed one home and damaged three more in Fort Worth’s Crestwood neighborhood, officials said.
The Fort Worth Fire Department said they arrived to find trash and waste inside the silo on fire. The were able to extinguish it quickly, but aren’t yet sure how the flames got started.
Bryce Building is located on 909 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The two-story office building was named after businessman and former mayor William Bryce. The building was designed in the Classical Revival style. It was constructed with brick made by Denton Press Brick Company. In 1982 a fire caused major damage to the building.
The city celebrated TCU before the national championship game, but so far nothing to honor the Texas Rangers during their historic championship run.