NEXT PRESIDENT TO BE SNUBBED BY `WORLD ALMANAC'

NEXT PRESIDENT TO BE SNUBBED BY `WORLD ALMANAC'

MAHWAH, N.J. (Wireless Flash) -- The publishers of "The World Almanac" aren't letting the U.S. election deadlock hold back their latest edition. Since the recounts have yet to determine whether Al Gore or George W. Bush is the next president, the Almanac will break a 132-year tradition and publish the 2001 edition without the name of the next president. Publisher Ken Park says the decision was made in order to get the book out on schedule and because its readers "...don't need "The World Almanac" to learn the name of the president."