Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

Minnesota Supremes rule: No Senate certificate for Franken...

Mar. 6, 2009
Minnesota Supremes rule: No Senate certificate for Franken...(First column, 1st story, link)
Related Stories from UPI.com

Franken pushes for lawsuit's dismissal

MINNEAPOLIS, March 5 (UPI) -- Democrat Al Franken asked Thursday that the election challenge filed in court by Republican Norm Coleman in the Minnesota Senate race be dismissed.

Reid: Senate prepared to seat Franken

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says Democrat Al Franken will be seated in the Senate despite whether Republican Norm Coleman files legal appeals.

Franken asks court to be temporary senator

ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Al Franken, locked in a marathon recount with Norm Coleman, asked the Minnesota Supreme Court Thursday to direct that he be named a provisional U.S. senator.
Franken sues for certification

Franken sues for certification

ST.PAUL, Minn., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Democrat Al Franken is challenging a Minnesota law preventing him from being certified as Minnesota's newest U.S. senator.
Franken asks for, denied certification

Franken asks for, denied certification

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Minnesota's governor and secretary of state Monday both declined to certify Democratic challenger Al Franken as the winner in the protracted U.S. Senate race.

Franken draws scorn of Minn. GOP

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Democrat Al Franken, the declared winner of the Minnesota U.S. Senate election, has emerged as a top political enemy for Republicans, observers say.
Analyst: Senate may decide Minn. election

Analyst: Senate may decide Minn. election

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A statement by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., makes it more likely the Senate could intervene in a Minnesota election, an analyst says.
Franken to meet with Senate leaders

Franken to meet with Senate leaders

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken will meet with congressional party leaders this week as his Minnesota race is in a recount, a spokeswoman said.

Al Franken running for U.S. Senate

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Funny man Al Franken, comedian, writer and liberal talk-radio personality, has made good on his plan to run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008. Franken, who left his Air America radio network show Wednesday, formally announced he will seek the sen

Al Franken back home in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS, May 20 (UPI) -- Comedian and liberal talk-radio host Al Franken has purchased a townhouse in Minneapolis but remains undecided about a U.S. Senate run in Minnesota.
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler