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  • To Be or Not to Be (Counted, That Is)
    Three Republican members of the House subcommittee overseeing the 2010 census are asking a fellow Republican, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, to back off her boycott of the national population count. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, Lynn
  • Cafferty: What will Franken mean for Obama?
    Al Franken is headed to Washington. Nearly eight months after Election Day, the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously declared Franken the state?s next senator. And once he is sworn in ? presumably next week ? the Democrats will finally have their
  • Franken says 'I'm not going to waste this chance' (AP)

    Democrat Al Franken with his wife Franni at his side, speak with the media outside their home in Minneapolis, Tuesday June 30, 2009. Republican Norm Coleman conceded to Franken in Minnesota's contested Senate race Tuesday, hours after a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled the former 'Saturday Night Live' comedian should be certified the winner. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)AP - Sen.-elect Al Franken turned a rally at Minnesota's Capitol on Wednesday into an extended thank-you to supporters, promising not to "waste this chance" in what amounted to a victory speech nearly eight months late.



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Introduction
Minnesota became the United States thirty-second state on May 11, 1858. The capital is St. Paul. The state's largest city is Minneapolis. Minnesota is a Sioux word for "sky-tinted water". The land area of the Gopher State is 79,617 square miles; in size the 14th state.

State web site www.state.mn.us

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