If you ever receive a piece of spam that says it comes from Bruceh.com, I want to assure you that we do NOT ever send out any spam to anyone. Some of the e-mail addresses, such as for the webmaster used to be on this site and over the years, spammers have harvested those addresses and now they are used as the phony "From" addresses in their spam. Occasionally, you may receive an e-mail that your anti-virus warns you about that also looks like it comes from Bruceh.com. The newer mailer viruses get their bogus "From" addresses directly from the address books and browser caches of infected computers. This means that if someone infected with a virus happened to have been visiting Bruceh.com, then our address might end up in the from field. I have tried to make sure that all e-mail addresses have been removed from this site, even in the old pages so I hope one day this will stop. The spammers had years of access to the addresses on this site, so I won't hold my breath, however.

The historical data pages (year picks, pick stats, and pair pick stats) have been updated to use a responsive design. The old SuperLotto pages (1991-2000) will not be updated and will remain static HTML.

The latest picked lotto number ticker that appears on this page and the lotto page has been updated to use Javascript instead of Java.

The main four pages have now been redesigned in a responsive format and uploaded. There might be a few glitches, but I'll be working to stabilize things. Please try them out on your mobile device and let me know if you see any weirdness.

The first couple pages have been redesigned to use a responive layout and are being tested in a local environment. I should be able to take some pages live soon.

There won't be any need for a separate mobile site anymore as we are going responsive. What does responsive mean you might ask. It means the site will automatically adjust for the device you are viewing it on. Fonts should remain readable and you shouldn't ever have a left/right scroll bar unless you get the window down below 320 pixels horizontally. Even the smallest smartphone screens are usually at least 320 pixels wide. I've been wanting to make this change for a long time and finally have some time to do it. Not to mention that Google won't even index the site anymore if it's not mobile friendly. I'll be updating the site incrementally starting with the 4 main pages from the menu.

While I still love Java as a programming language, it seems to be more troublesome than it is worth to keep the Java applets on here. It's almost as if the browser folks have declared war on Java. Firefox disables the java plugin if it's too far out of date. A lot of times you have to go through a lot of confirmations just to run a java applet, and even after doing all that, the browser still might not let you run it. My graph of picked lottery numbers is a good example.

So, it's time to make a change and convert the couple Java applets I had on here to javascript. I'll start with the ticker that shows the current winning numbers for SuperLottoPlus and Mega Millions. Then I'll work on the graph applet.

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - New applications for US unemployment benefits drifted close to 57-year lows last week and layoffs decreased in September, suggesting labor market stability persisted even as employers remained cautious about boosting hiring.

The report from the Labor Department on Thursday joined a raft of other data, including robust consumer spending in August, in painting a rosy picture of the economy despite ‌rising headwinds from the US-Israeli war with Iran, which has driven diesel prices to record highs. Economists said robust corporate profits growth and resilient domestic demand were shielding workers from layoffs, for now.

"At some point, ‌elevated energy costs and material prices will force firms to lay off marginal workers to protect profit margins, but there is no sign of that here," said Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 197,000 for ​the week ended September 26, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 200,000 claims for the latest week.

Claims have held below the 200,000 level for three straight weeks and are near levels last seen in 1969. Some economists said historically low layoffs, if sustained, could raise questions about the labor market overheating, with monetary policy implications.

"We do not appear to be close to that result yet, but this is a new risk that the FOMC appears to be watching," said Stephen Stanley, chief US economist at Santander US Capital Markets, referring to the Fed's policy-setting committee.

A separate report from global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas showed layoffs announced by US-based employers dropped 18% to 43,281 in September. They were down 20% ‌from a year ago and fell 43% in the third quarter. Employers are, however, ⁠in no rush to increase headcount.

Hiring plans increased by 90,787 last month. While that was sharply up from 12,325 in August, hiring intentions were down 23% from a year ago, and the tally was the lowest for any September since 2011. Challenger, Gray & Christmas said a surge in seasonal hiring typically seen starting in September was absent, adding that "companies are in ⁠a wait-and-see period."

The Federal Reserve last month raised its overnight benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to the 3.75%-4.00% range, the first hike in three years, and flagged further increases in borrowing costs in the months ahead. The odds of another rate hike this month were diminished by cooler-than-expected inflation readings in August and July.

Financial markets priced in a roughly 37.1% chance of further monetary policy tightening at the October 27-28 meeting, down from about 68.6% a week ago, CME's FedWatch tool showed.

But August's market-friendly inflation readings are ​unlikely ​to be sustained. An Institute for Supply Management survey on Thursday showed inflation pressures building up at the factory gate in September, ​with no commodities reported to have seen price declines. The survey's measure of input prices ‌jumped to 77.9 last month from 71.1 in August.

SUPPLY CHAIN CONSTRAINTS

Strong demand is running into capacity constraints, with supply chains stretched because of the war and tariffs.

"The longer energy-driven price pressures persist, the greater the risk that they feed through into broader consumer price pressures," said Thomas Ryan, senior North America economist at Capital Economics.

Comments from respondents to the survey were mostly negative and focused on pricing volatility, import tariffs, the Middle East conflict and increasing lead times.

Some transportation equipment manufacturers complained that "every month, we are faced with new headwinds created by this administration," alluding to the trade war with Canada, adding "the only thing that is predictable is the chaos that is created by these trade policies."

Others in the electrical equipment, appliances and components industry said "new tariffs against Canada have drastically increased costs for capital expenses as well as assemblies." Similar complaints were voiced by some makers of computer and electronic products who reported that the "US tariff schedule is providing ‌challenges."

Food, beverage and tobacco products manufacturers complained about higher fuel prices driving up "transportation costs and the overall cost of goods." While some ​makers of fabricated metal products reported strong orders, they said labor and steel shortages were "limiting our production output to meet demand."

Stocks on Wall ​Street were trading lower. The dollar advanced versus a basket of currencies. US Treasury prices fell, with the ​yield on the benchmark 10-year note hitting the highest level in 24 years.

The claims report showed the number of people receiving unemployment benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy ‌for hiring, dropped 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 1.701 million during the week ended September ​19. That was the lowest level in the so-called continuing ​claims since April 2023.

Still, some people who have lost their jobs are experiencing long spells of unemployment. A survey from the Conference Board on Tuesday showed the share of consumers saying jobs were "plentiful" dropped in September to the lowest level since February 2021, while the proportion who viewed jobs as "hard to get" was the highest in more than 5-1/2 years.

The claims data have no bearing on September's employment report as they fall ​outside the survey period. Nonfarm payrolls likely increased by 90,000 jobs last month after ‌advancing 162,000 in August, a Reuters survey of economists showed. The unemployment rate is forecast holding steady at 4.1% for a third straight month, in part held down by a smaller labor force ​because of retirements and an immigration crackdown.

"We continue to think the pace of layoffs will rise next year, in response to the recent tightening of financial conditions and growing adoption of AI by ​firms," said Samuel Tombs, chief US economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Andrea Ricci)

This article originally appeared on Reuters at https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/us-weekly-jobless-claims-fall-124022508.html

Election Day is still a month away, but more than 700,000 Americans have already voted across at least 30 states. There are signs emerging of the advantage Democrats have in motivating their voters – a trend that’s played out in polling all summer long.

In several states with key Senate or governor races this fall, Democrats make up a larger share of voters requesting ballots so far than they did at this point in 2024.

In Iowa, Democrats have made 67% of ballot requests, up from 54% at this point in 2024. In Pennsylvania, it’s 66%, up from 62%, and in Maine it’s 57%, up from 53%. And according to data from the North Carolina State Board of Elections, 42% of ballot requests are from Democrats, up from 36% at this point two years ago.

It’s worth noting that in all of those states except for Iowa, ballot requests at this point in 2022 were more Democratic than they are now.

The uptick in the share of requests from Democrats would be in line with polling, special election results and primary turnout, all of which have indicated Democrats may be more motivated to vote this November.

On the other hand, it could just be further evidence of Republicans continuing to shift to preferring other forms of voting.

An important caveat: While the fact that a person has voted is generally public information, your ballot itself is secret, so this data can’t tell us how many votes a party or candidate has won. That won’t be known until states start reporting results after the polls close on November 3.

Early voting data also only shows one slice of voters: a slice that is typically older and less Republican than the electorate as a whole.

Early voters are skewing older

Voting patterns have shifted in the last several years as the country has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic.

As mail voting has fallen from its 2020 highs, voters 65 and older have made up a larger share of people choosing to vote that way, going from 27% of mail voters in 2020 to 31% in 2022 and 37% in 2024, according to CNN Exit Poll data.

That’s not unexpected. Mail voting can be a convenient option for older people who might have trouble getting to the polls. In many states where voters need an excuse to vote by mail, age itself can qualify as a reason to receive a mail-in ballot.

There are early signs that that trend is continuing this year.

In nearly every state for which there is comparable data, voters 65 and older make up a larger share of ballot requests this year than they did at this point in either 2022 or 2024.

A big Democratic advantage in Virginia

Perhaps the most positive signs for Democrats so far come from Virginia, which has reported both by far the most total votes of any state in CNN’s count and is the only state which has reported substantial numbers of both early in-person and mail votes.

While Virginia voters don’t register by party, there’s a clear relationship between how a locality voted in 2024 and its relative pace of early voting.

Cities and counties that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris by more than 20 percentage points are at 78% of their turnout from this time in 2024, while those that voted for President Donald Trump by 20 points are at just 61%.

Partisan turnout, as measured by the share of voters who have only participated in one party’s primaries since 2022, also points to a considerable Democratic advantage in the early voting period relative to the same point in 2024.

While the turnout so far shows a clear advantage in Democratic motivation, Republican voters could close the gap as Election Day nears. It’s still early in the voting period – Virginians cast over 4.5 million votes in 2024 and over 3.4 million votes in 2025. The Senate race in Virginia is not expected to be competitive this year, and Republican voters may be more motivated in more highly contested races.

Still, two competitive House races in the state also suggest a move towards Democrats in terms of enthusiasm.

Democratic primary participants outnumber Republican primary participants by 15 points among votes cast so far in the 1st District and 18 points in the 2nd District. Both districts are battlegrounds currently represented by Republicans facing tough challengers: Rep. Rob Wittman in the 1st and Rep. Jen Kiggans in the 2nd.

At the same point in 2024, the partisan composition was relatively split in both districts, with Republican primary voters leading by about 3 points in the 1st District and Democratic primary voters leading by 2 points in the 2nd District.

Statewide, Democratic primary participants outpace Republicans by about 18 points, up from 8 points at the same point in 2024.

Early voting data has its limits

Data on pre-election voting is valuable but it does have limits.

Early vote data is compiled by CNN, the Associated Press, and the data firm Catalist, a company that provides data, analytics and other services to Democrats, academics and nonprofit advocacy groups, including insights into who is voting before November.

The number of votes cast so far is a tiny fraction of the roughly 57 million pre-election votes cast in 2022 and an even smaller share of the roughly 112 million votes cast overall in that election but is expected to grow substantially over the next few weeks.

The data so far is also largely limited to mail ballots, as very few states have started significant early in-person voting. In recent years mail voters have been much more Democratic, while early in-person voters have been more evenly split or Republican leaning.

This story has been updated with additional information.

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This article originally appeared on CNN at https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/politics/cnn-early-voting-takeaways-democratic-advantage

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said he regretted nominating three Supreme Court justices — Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and ‌Brett Kavanaugh — who have opposed him in recent rulings, according ‌to a Time Magazine interview.

The Republican president was asked about his recent comments regarding the ​three conservative justices in the interview, which was conducted on Monday.

"Do you regret nominating them?" the interviewer asked, referring to Trump's comments in a recent Truth Social post.

"Yeah. Yeah," Trump responded, according to a transcript of the ‌interview.

"What can I do? ⁠I put them in. They voted against me too often. I was very — I gave them the position of ⁠a lifetime, and they vote against me often."

Trump appointed Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett during his first term as president, building a 6-3 conservative majority and allowing the court ​to steer ​a dramatic rightward course since 2020.

"I ​do like loyalty, yeah," Trump ‌told the interviewer, who then asked whether that was what he wanted from the justices.

"No, I don't want loyalty. I want good decisions," Trump said.

After the top US judicial body declined to allow a Postal Service rule restricting the use of mail-in ballots in the November midterm elections, ‌Trump said his appointees were behaving differently ​than they had during interviews.

"These are not ​the people I interviewed to ​serve on the United States Supreme Court, they are ‌merely a shell of their original ​selves," he wrote on ​Truth Social.

After the court in February struck down his sweeping global tariffs that it found he had imposed illegally using a ​law meant for national ‌emergencies, Trump reserved special ire for Gorsuch and Barrett, who were in ​the majority in that 6-3 ruling.

(Reporting by Katharine Jackson and ​Doina Chiacu, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

This article originally appeared on Reuters at https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-says-regrets-nominating-supreme-123634128.html