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Senate Trial: Gelbmann relieved from witness stand, downplays absentee ballot influx

Published January 29, 2009

On the fourth day of the U.S. Senate trial, deputy Secretary of State Jim Gelbmann concluded his marathon two days on the witness stand, but not before discussing the roughly 133 ballots that went missing...

Court agrees to review 11,000 ballots

Published January 28, 2009

The Senate trial resumed Wednesday morning with a key decision that set the tone for Democrat Al FrankenâÄôs counselâÄôs court strategy. The three-judge panel ruled admissible Republican...

University President Bob Bruninks speaks to state senate members at a lunch in Coffman Memorial Union on Tuesday. In reaction to Gov. Pawlenty’s announcement of 151 million dollar budget cut to the University Bruninks states, “You didn’t hear the University whine last time; you won’t hear the university whine this time.” Jules Ameel, DAILY

Pawlenty proposes $151 million cut to U

Published January 27, 2009

In a move that would cut $151 million from the University of MinnesotaâÄôs state aid over the next two years, Gov. Tim Pawlenty proposed a cut Tuesday of more than 8 percent from state higher education...

Senate trial: Every ballot has a story

Published January 27, 2009

On the second day of the Senate trial, Republican Sen. Norm ColemanâÄôs legal team told the story of six Minnesotans whose absentee ballots were not counted. The Coleman team also called Deputy...

Norm Coleman, right, and his lawyers listen to opening statements made by his attorney Joe Friedberg (not pictured) at the Minnesota Judicial Center in St. Paul, Minn., on January 27, 2008.
(Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)

Subpoenas to stall Senate trial

Published January 26, 2009

As Minnesota waits for its second senator, the recount trial brought on by Republican Sen. Norm Coleman âÄî who is currently trailing Democrat Al Franken by 225 votes âÄî got off to a sluggish...

First-year students more interested in politics

Published January 25, 2009

College first-year students are more politically engaged now than they have been in the last 40 years, a UCLA study has found. The study found 35 percent of first-year students frequently discussed politics...

Bruininks pledges low tuition hikes at Capitol??

Published January 24, 2009

Five days before Gov. Tim Pawlenty is expected to recommend a cut in the University of Minnesota's state appropriation, University President Bob Bruininks was at the Capitol on Thursday pledging to limit...

Defense, higher ed. grow closer with controversial initiative

Published January 22, 2009

Though promises of change and new executive orders abound, one initiative from the Bush administration seems to be essentially the same in President ObamaâÄôs: a growing relationship between higher...

Njeri Griffin of Decatur, GA bows her head during the invocation led by Pastor Rick Warren on Tuesday.

Record numbers bear the cold to usher in new president

Published January 20, 2009

WASHINGTON âÄî Armed with little more than a hooded jacket, a pair of fingerless gloves and an excited demeanor, Christopher Bromson, 21, danced to stay warm while watching the presidential swearing-in...

Barack Obama, left, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts, not seen, as his wife Michelle, holds the Lincoln Bible and daughters Sasha, right and Malia, watch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Chuck Kennedy, Pool)

President Obama

Published January 20, 2009

Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States Tuesday as more than a million frozen spectators packed the U.S. Capitol to witness the spectacle. Countless others from around...

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