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...Minnesota The Eternal Senate-Seat Battle More than 200 days after voters went to the polls, Minnesota has yet to seat its junior U.S. Senator. On June 1, the state's supreme court heard arguments on the intricacies of absentee-ballot rules, which the incumbent candidate, Republican Norm Coleman, contends were inconsistently applied and would therefore invalidate a lower-court ruling that Democrat Al Franken won the race by a margin of just 312 votes. The court is expected to rule on the issue within weeks. Franken's admission to the Senate would give Democrats a 60-vote majority, which...
...spot-on insight into Michelle Obama, with one exception: you forgot to mention our First Lady's sorely needed attention to the families of our armed services [June 1]. Our returning soldiers, especially the wounded, need to know we care about them, and she is reminding us of that. David Jensen, STAMFORD, CONN...
Nancy Gibbs' analysis of the recent Gallup poll regarding abortion rights was intriguing [June 1]. But what has always confused me is the fact that most Republicans are more than willing to legislate and regulate the most intimate and private part of a woman's life. Yet they call for smaller, less intrusive government and are indignant over any limits on the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Where is Republicans' governmental restraint when it comes to women? Abby Loberg, GRANBY, COLO...
Thank you, Joe Klein, for being the rare writer to condemn both the use of torture and the release of its images [June 1]. The response to the use of torture should be based on a factual examination, not on a visceral reaction to pictures. Images are not necessary to understand and evaluate what has happened. One can comprehend and assess a story about a murder, for example--and have a complete moral response--without seeing the crime-scene photos. Nadia El-Badry DOBBS FERRY...
...June 8 General Motors will be delisted from the Dow Jones industrial average. GM shares then trade, in a limited fashion, on the Pink Sheets, an electronic over-the-counter system for companies that don't meet major exchange listing standards...