The Week contest: Renewable energy
Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler is running for governor, and his platform includes a plan to turn chicken waste into an alternate energy source. What could your state use as an alternate energy source?

Last week's question: Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler is running for governor, and his platform includes a plan to turn the mountains of chicken waste from the state’s chicken plants into an alternate energy source. What could your state use as an alternate energy source?
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: Burning the reams of indictments against our governors
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Brian K. Cohen, Chicago
SECOND PLACE: Turbines of swarming mosquitoes
Jennifer F. Miller, Eagan, Minn.
THIRD PLACE: 10 million jackrabbits on treadmills
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Bob Peffers, San Antonio
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Political hot air [Ed. note: This answer came in from nearly every state in the country.]
Marti Dryk, Austin
The heat from the Jumbotron at Cowboys Stadium
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Jonathan Robinson, Nevada City, Calif.
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Christopher Paul, Erie, Pa.
Rain
Jordan Shin, Eugene, Ore.
Politicians on a running wheel, since they go nowhere anyway
Richard Harder, West Olive,
Kevin Mullin, Moorestown, N.J.
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