Washington - Voting booths clos

Hong Kong - A Hong Kong student has been convicted of fraud after hacking into a McDonald's website to claim all the prizes in on online competition, a news report said Wednesday.

Computer engineering undergraduate Lee Tsz-ho, 22, changed the e-mail addresses of the winners so he could claim all five prizes in the competition, the Hong Kong Standard reported.

He was caught when the genuine winners checked with McDonald's to ask why they had not been sent their winners' e-mails, the newspaper said. The prizes were five mobile phones.

Washington - The Obama campaign was satisfied, so far, with early results from several states and voting procedures, said David Axelrod, chief political advisor to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Speaking to CNN, Axelrod said things were going so well that his main worry was that he "can't exactly figure out what should be giving me heartburn right now."

Washington - Voting booths closed in key eastern states on Tuesday that could decide whether Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama captures the White House.

Polls closed in battlegrounds including Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia and Indiana and official results were already trickling in, marking the beginning of the end of a historic election day in the United States.

Millions of voters waited for hours at polling stations across the country Tuesday as McCain and Obama made a final push for votes in swing states.

Washington - Voting concluded Tuesday in Ohio and North Carolina, two toss up states heavily contested by Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain that could play a key role in the outcome of the presidential election.

Ohio and North Carolina are traditionally Republican ground, but the slumping economy has helped boost Obama into a dead heat with McCain, and the Democrat was expected to benefit from a high turnout by African American voters in North Carolina.

The results were to begin trickling in shorly after the polls closed, which took place at 0030 GMT.

Washington - Republican John McCa