TheWashingtonPost FLASH: Democrat John F. Kennedy Jr. has been elected Vice President by the United States Senate in a major upset. The United States has not had a President and Vice President from different parties since the Civil War administration of Abraham Lincoln. 
The Times-Picayune Mayor Nagin has declared tomorrow a city holiday and has also suspended fireworks regulations for 24-hours in New Orleans as thousands of residents gather in the French Quarter to celebrate President-elect LaFleur's victory.
TheWashingtonPost This morning President Sinclair welcomed President-elect LaFleur to the White House for a private meeting in the Oval Office.
