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That is roughly in line with a Post average of recent polls from the state that put Biden’s advantage at seven points.

ELECTION LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP RETURNS TO WISCONSIN; BIDEN TO FACE LIVE AUDIENCE AT TOWN HALLCOLBY ITKOWITZ, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POST

FiveThirtyEight’s average of state polls at the end of the 2016 race gave Clinton a five-point lead in Wisconsin and an eight-point lead in Minnesota.

THE KEY SHIFTS IN MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN THAT HAVE IMPROVED BIDEN’S CHANCES OF VICTORYPHILIP BUMPSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST

Since the lockout of 2004-05, five cup winners have averaged fewer goals per game.

TEAMS DON’T WIN THE STANLEY CUP WITH A GOAL DEFICIT. CAN THE DALLAS STARS CHANGE THAT?TERRENCE DOYLESEPTEMBER 16, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT

The Wisconsin poll is consistent with other recent polls in the state, with The Post’s average showing Biden’s margin at seven points, narrower than in midsummer but not much different from what it was immediately after the GOP convention.

POST-ABC WISCONSIN POLL SHOWS BIDEN HOLDING NARROW EDGE OVER TRUMPDAN BALZ, EMILY GUSKINSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST

That is a somewhat larger margin than a Washington Post average of recent polls in the state, which shows Biden’s lead to be seven percentage points.

TRUMP, IN TOWN HALL, SAYS HE WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY ON PANDEMICCOLBY ITKOWITZ, JOSH DAWSEY, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST

On average, children spent at least 50 days at psychiatric hospitals beyond medical necessity, he said.

STILL NO ANSWERS TO LAWMAKERS’ QUESTIONS ABOUT CHILDREN STUCK IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALSBY DUAA ELDEIBSEPTEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICA

Food delivery service DoorDash says moving its data to Snowflake in early 2019 has doubled the average speed of a data request at half the cost of its old system.

MEET SNOWFLAKE, ONE OF THE BUZZIEST TECH IPOS EVERAARON PRESSMANSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNE

Buffalo, New York, may feel in a few decades like Tempe, Arizona, does today, and Tempe itself will sustain 100-degree average summer temperatures by the end of the century.

CLIMATE CHANGE WILL FORCE A NEW AMERICAN MIGRATIONBY ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MERIDITH KOHUTSEPTEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICA

It had fallen to the bottom of its 10-year range—indicating an extreme level of positive sentiment—but after the correction has already recovered to “about average” levels, the team said.

WHY GOLDMAN SACHS AND DEUTSCHE BANK THINK THE SEPTEMBER STOCKS SELL-OFF HAS RUN ITS COURSEBERNHARD WARNERSEPTEMBER 14, 2020FORTUNE

Now, Patel’s sales are just $200 a day, down from $700 on average pre-pandemic — which means he’s losing as much as $1,000 per month on the operation, with foot traffic still a fraction of what it used to be.

THE BIG CORPORATE RESCUE AND THE AMERICA THAT’S TOO SMALL TO SAVEBY LYDIA DEPILLIS, JUSTIN ELLIOTT AND PAUL KIELSEPTEMBER 12, 2020PROPUBLICA

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