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Al Franken will be standing - in a puddle of some controversy - along with appointed Illinois would-be Senator Roland Burris at the gates of that exclusive ...

... State Canvassing Board a short time ago said that neophyte politician and profound Democrat comedian Al Franken had clobbered incumbent Republican Sen. ...

Following is Al Franken's statement on the Minnesota state Canvassing Board's decision to certify Senate recount. The latest on the presidential transition ...

The recount of Minnesota's Senate race between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, left, and Democrat Al Franken will stretch into next year. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) – Attorneys with Norm Coleman's Senate campaign on New Year's Eve are again asking Minnesota's high court on the issue of improperly rejected absentee ballots in the state's still unresolved race between [...]

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama and his family will move to the capital this weekend in time for his daughters to start school, aides said Tuesday. With the White House still occupied and the official guest residence unavailable, the future first family will hole up in one of the city's most exclusive hotels. Obama, who wraps up his Oahu vacation on New Year's Day, will hold meetings i

Minnesota Republican U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s campaign disputed claims that Democratic challenger Al Franken has staked out a 50-vote lead after a still uncompleted recount of more than 2.9 million votes cast.

While officials from the Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign worked with local officials to figure out which absentee ballots to send to the state for counting, the Coleman campaign was preparing to fight the issue on another front: the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's Senate race, but wrangling over inclusion of absentee ballots continued Tuesday and any final determination of a winner was still days or weeks away.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 50 vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota's Senate race done....

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's Senate race, but wrangling over inclusion of absentee ballots continued Tuesday and any final determination of a winner was still days or weeks away....

In theory, Minnesotans whose absentee ballots were rejected, reconsidered, then rejected again have a last chance to get their voice heard before the end of the state's U.S. Senate recount. In practice, they're probably out of luck. Under a complex, court-ordered process, the campaigns of Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken are blocking ballots they deem to be invalid - even if a loca

The long process of identifying wrongfully rejected absentee ballots in Minnesota's Senate recount is grinding on. The going has been slow in Hennepin County, as representatives for both Norm Coleman and Al Franken are on hand to potentially reject some of the ballots that election officials have come up with.

ST PAUL, Minn - Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 49-vote lead over Republican Sen Norm Coleman in Minnesota's Senate race, but wrangling over inclusion of absentee ballots continued yesterday.

VOT3R - Minnesota election officials declare Al Franken victor in Senate race with Republican Norm Coleman - One of the most drawn out recount disputes in recent memory lurched closer to resolution today, when Minnesota election ...

Charles Schumer said Sunday that Democrat Al Franken is the clear winner in Minnesota’s Senate race and should be seated as soon as possible. But a leading Republican lawmaker said calling the race for Franken would be premature. ...

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Al Franken as Senator of any state is a joke, literally and figuratively, but then Minnesota is the same state that not too long ago elected a wrestler to be their governor. Judging from all the money Franken's rapid left-wing ...

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