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Court might hear more Coleman arguments in recount

 
The result of the Minnesota Senate race remains unclear. MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — Minnesota's Supreme Court kept the door open Friday afternoon for another possible intervention in the state's still unresolved U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. Coleman's campaign is requesting that the court hear arguments that no uniform standard [...] (link)

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