• Obama calls on NKorea to end nuclear provocation
• Obama: Iran faces fresh nuclear sanctions within weeks
• Senate Confirms Judge David Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

More newsy goodness below the fold…

It took less than 48 hours, says Michael Collins, for medical advocates  to dismiss an unqualified recommendation about mammograms.  Hats off to Diane Rehm, Rebecca Zurrbier MD, and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius!

Reason and restraint wins, if just for a moment.  Hats off to General Karl W. Eikenberry.  Michael Collins explains how it happened.

The big races:

• NJ-Gov: MSNBC projected Chris Christie (R) at 10:15pm EST over Jon Corzine (D) and Chris Daggett (I) -- too close to call
  
• VA-Gov: MSNBC projected Bob McDonnell (R) winner over Creigh Deeds (D) at 7:55pm EST -- McDonnell had been expected to win
• NY-23: Bill Owens (D) v. Doug Hoffman (Teabagger and Carpetbagger) v. Dede Scozzafava (R, dropped out, endorsed Owens) -- too close to call, and 11,000 absentee ballots will be counted Wednesday
  
• NYC-Mayor: MSNBC projected Mike Bloomberg ($$$) winner over Bill Thompson (D) and half a dozen other small-party candidates at 9:40pm EST -- Bloomberg was expected to win handily, but the results were far tiughter than pollsters had projected
  

A few others to watch:

• Seattle-Mayor: Joe Mallahan (R, millionaire) v, Mike McGinn (D, environmentalist)
• CA-10: John Garamendi (D) likely to beat David Harmer (R)
  
• WA-Ref71: State gay rights initiative APPROVED
• ME-Q1: State gay marriage initiative
• CO-Init Local: Marijuana possession initiative APPROVED
  

And then there's this from Drudgico: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP candidates next year!

Refocusing gives you the opportunity to consider what really matters. Are you doing that now? Melinda Pillsbury-Foster shares her ideas and suggestions.

Breaking on MSNBC, and at Drudgico (they're using the word "suspended" to describe Republican Dede Scozzafava's move, citing cash flow issues among others). Gut analysis: advantage to wingnut carpetbagger candidate Doug Hoffman. But that may be premature: DCIndy reports that NY Independence Party chairman Frank MacKay has endorsed Democrat Bill Owens. Jake McIntyre at dKos sees this as a move to "sav[e] face for petrified Republicans." More details as we get them.

Via the incomparable Bob Somerby comes this gem written by Joan Walsh, echoing exactly what our founding editor, Jeff Koopersmith, was saying well over a decade ago (Bob's emphases preserved):

A German high court found that electronic voting was unacceptable and anti democratic — and, as Michael Collins demonstrates, America's corporate-controlled media decided it didn't pass the "newsworthy" test.  Welcome to the nexus of privatized elections and censored news.