Democrats may use probes to force policy shifts. WASHINGTON — The new Democratic leaders in Congress are likely to move quickly to use their investigative powers as a key lever to force changes in the administration's policies on the Iraq war and domestic spying, according to congressional staff members. [Boston Globe -- Front Page]

Hub's ballot practice illegal, Galvin says. Boston's longstanding election policy of stocking polling places with only enough ballots for half the registered voters violates state law, Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday in a letter lambasting the city for its handling of Tuesday's election. [Boston Globe -- Front Page]

It's Patrick in a romp. Completing one of the most extraordinary political journeys the state has seen, Democrat Deval L. Patrick won a landslide victory yesterday over Republican Kerry Healey and two other candidates to become the first African-American elected governor of Massachusetts. [Boston Globe -- Front Page]

Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary After Big Election Gains for Democrats. Robert Gates, former head of the C.I.A., was nominated to replace a Cabinet member who came to symbolize President Bush’s controversial Iraq policy. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and JIM RUTENBERG. [NYT > Home Page]

Tomboy note searching just got easier. I spent a bunch of time yesterday hacking on an improved search interface for Tomboy. I'm still waiting to get “approval” to check this in, but some variation of it will hopefully make it into Tomboy soon. I wish all apps would adopt this style of searching instead of [...]

We're selling DropSend!. We've decided to sell DropSend, our successful web app that helps you send large files that you can't email. We're going to document the whole process on Bare Naked App. We'll be revealing: – How much revenue DropSend brings in each month – What the rate of revenue growth is each month [...]