HOWARD LIPIN / Union-Tribune Mary Brodie of Carlsbad cast her vote yesterday at the San Diego County Registrar of Voters Office.

2008 VOTE: GENERAL ELECTION

In 2000, with an out-of-country trip planned on Election Day, Terry and Christi McCabe headed to the Registrar of Voters Office a week before the election to cast their ballots early for president. When they arrived, the line of voters stretched several hundred yards all the way to the street. They didn't have the time to wait and never got to vote in the election between Al Gore and George W. Bush – a huge regret for them.

SAN DIEGO COURTS – A jury was unable to reach a verdict yesterday over whether four firefighters ordered to attend last year's gay pride parade were sexually harassed during the event.

Navy investigators faulted at least two dozen crew members for a $70 million, “entirely preventable” fire aboard the aircraft carrier George Washington, according to a report from the Pacific Fleet command.

SAN DIEGO – Citing the need to protect taxpayer interest, Superior Court Judge Jay Bloom temporarily blocked the $100,350 severance pay yesterday to Carolyn Smith, the fired president of the Southeastern Economic Development Corp.

TIJUANA – Five bodies were found in Tijuana over the past few days, as drug-gang violence continued to rack the city. The bodies were found between Saturday evening and yesterday morning, adding to a death toll of several dozen in little more than a week, the Baja California Attorney General's Office said.

Friday was a marathon wedding day for about 200 brides – with nary a bridegroom in sight. The women from across the United States gathered in San Diego to take advantage of the California Supreme Court ruling that allows gay and lesbian couples to wed. They said their “I do's” at the Hard Rock Hotel downtown.