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clear winner.
• The election pits Xiomara Castro, whose husband Manuel Zelaya was overthrown in a military-backed coup, against Juan Orlando Hernandez, the candidate of the ruling conservative National Party.
• Polls show the two in a statistical tie, ominous in this failing state with 8.5 million and the world's highest homicide rate.
• "We'll accept the results if they're clean. If they're not, the people have the right to defend their vote," said Enrique Reina, Castro's campaign coordinator. Castro's party says it has a contingency plan if it suspects fraud, though it won't say what.
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• ALFRED, Maine (AP) -- The Zumba instructor whose prostitution case shocked a quiet seaside Maine community is about to be released from jail, bringing to a close a scandal featuring sex videos, adultery and a long client list that allegedly included a former mayor and a minister.
• Alexis Wright is expected to leave the York County jail Saturday morning after serving nearly six months of a 10-month sentence because of good behavior and participation in a work program.
• The scandal erupted a year ago in Kennebunk, a small town known for its beaches, New England charm and proximity to former President George H.W. Bush's seaside estate.
• Wright's prostitution business came as a surprise to her fitness clients but not to police officers who'd become suspicious after fielding complaints about groaning, loud music and men coming and going from an office Wright rented across the street from her studio.
• According to police, Wright's business partner, Mark Strong of Thomaston, watched the sexual encounters unfold in real time on a computer in his insurance business office more than 100 miles away. In a twist at her sentencing, Wright divulged that she believed her business partner had tricked her into believing she was a secret operative investigating sexual deviance.
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