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In Minnesota, Another Bid for a Recount

Jan. 19, 2009
Norm Coleman, who lost the Senate race by 225 votes when a board certified the results of a recount, now wants a panel of judges to consider whether to count 12,000 more.
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Coleman wants 12,000 ballots reopened

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Norm Coleman's campaign says it wants thousands of absentee Minnesota ballots to be counted in the ongoing recount of the U.S. Senate election.

Franken goes to D.C. -- for inauguration

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Al Franken, challenging Norm Coleman to be one of Minnesota's U.S. senators, is in Washington with his hoped-for colleagues, but only for the inauguration.

Coleman says he will challenge recount

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., says he will challenge the result of the U.S. Senate recount in which he received 225 votes fewer than Democrat Al Franken.
Report: Franken leads Coleman by 48 votes

Report: Franken leads Coleman by 48 votes

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Democrat Al Franken leads incumbent Republican Norm Coleman by 48 votes in the Minnesota U.S. Senate recount, figures compiled by state officials indicate.
Franken says Minn. Senate race narrowing

Franken says Minn. Senate race narrowing

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Democratic challenger Al Franken's camp Friday said a recount has shrunk his deficit in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race to double digits from 206 votes earlier.
Senate races still undecided after 2 weeks

Senate races still undecided after 2 weeks

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Two of three states with undetermined U.S. Senate races are moving closer to resolution on some issues if not the races themselves, election officials say.
Coleman drops out of GOP leadership race

Coleman drops out of GOP leadership race

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., has dropped his bid to be the next chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a spokesman said.

Sen. Norm Coleman backs John McCain

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., announced Sunday he backs Senate colleague John McCain of Arizona in the race for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination.

Minnesota: Coleman wins U.S. Senate race

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 6 (UPI) --

Minnesota: Coleman leads Mondale

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Republican Norm Coleman appeared headed for victory Wednesday in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, beating out former Democratic Vice President Walter Mondale. With
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch