Franken to join Democratic majority in U.S. senate

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MINNEAPOLIS, (Reuters) – Democrat Al Franken, a  satirist turned politician, was declared the winner of a Senate  seat in Minnesota yesterday, clearing the way for President  Barack Obama’s party to secure a critical 60-seat majority in  the U.S. Senate.

Ending one of the longest Senate races ever, the Minnesota  Supreme Court unanimously rejected each of Republican Norm  Coleman’s five legal arguments that an earlier recount of the  Nov. 4 vote had been unfair. Coleman quickly conceded.

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