1.   As the counting continued, Messinger sought to hold Giuliani responsible for the board and its problems.

2.   As the counting continued, Ms. Messinger sought to hold Giuliani responsible for the board and its problems.

3.   As the counting of ballots continued at a slow pace, the situation remained explosive.

4.   Election officials said the counting would continue through the night with the final results expected on Wednesday.

5.   Even if the counting had continued, the counters almost certainly would have used a more lenient method than the clean-punch standard.

6.   In granting the stay, the five majority justices found that Bush would have suffered irreparable harm if the counting had continued.

7.   In South Florida, meanwhile, the counting continued.

8.   Judge Robert Lee, the Democratic chairman of the canvassing board, said the counting would continue until the state Supreme Court ordered otherwise.

9.   The counting continues for four close seats.

10.   As vote counting continued Tuesday in the Queensland state election, a clear outcome is still too close to call.