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Franken wins!
Tue, 06/30/2009 - 1:42pm — jmcdaid
The Minnesota Supreme Court has declared Democrat Al Franken the winner in the long-contested Senate race, the New York Times reports.
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He's good enough, he's smart enough and
Doggone it the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously likes him!
Steve Jobs is back in the saddle, Firefox 3.5 is out, and now this. Sometimes life is very good indeed.
And that's...okay
Hi, Maddie_C...
And all our teachers back on the job. A good day indeed.
Have a great, long holiday weekend, everybody.
Cheers.
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