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Franken wins!
Tue, 06/30/2009 - 2:42pm — 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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Portsmouth budget referendum Oct 5!
Supporters collected about 1,800 signatures, 500 more than required, on the petition to hold a budget referendum to restore school funding.
Save the date for the referendum: Tuesday, October 5.
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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.
-j