Florida Election Recount Underway, Tensions Rise

By KELLI KENNEDY and TERRY SPENCER , Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — After some early bumps, more than half of Florida’s 67 counties began recounting votes Sunday in the razor-thin Senate and gubernatorial races, bringing back memories of the 2000 presidential fiasco. In Democratic-leaning Broward County, the scheduled start of the recount was…

Suspect In 3 Missouri Slayings Faced ICE Issue In New Jersey

By DAVID PORTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH , Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man charged with killing three people in Missouri this month should have faced deportation proceedings after he was arrested last year for a separate offense in New Jersey, instead of being released, federal immigration officials said Friday. Twenty-three-year-old Luis Perez, who…