Franken Likely Winner

American Voices

January 6, 2009 | ISSUE 45•02

After nearly two months of recounts, Al Franken is the likely winner of the contested Minnesota Senate race. What do you think?

Wow, what an incredible turn of events this managed to be for him, Al Franken.

Oscar Hildebrandt
Cement Truck Driver
This bodes well for Sandler versus Brownback in 2010.

Lena Gochenauer
Dishwasher
When I volunteered to work on Election Day, I never thought it would lead to two months of incessant counting. I miss my family.

Mike Klein
Accountant

U.S. Cuts Aid To Pakistan

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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 30-0 to cut aid to Pakistan by $33 million after the country’s government arrested and sentenced a doctor who tipped off the United States to Osama bin Laden's location.
'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Series Reaches 10 Million Sales

05.25.12 | ISSUE 48•22

Publishing house Vintage has sold 10 million copies of the erotica trilogy Fifty Shades Of Grey in multiple formats in an astonishing six weeks.
Suspect Arrested In Etan Patz Case

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•22

A suspect in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, the first missing child to be put on a milk carton, was taken into custody.
U.S. Census Overcounted By 36,000

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•21

A survey revealed that the 2010 census counted an extra 36,000 people, or 0.01 percent, because of duplicate forms and deaths, which is down from the 0.49 percent overcount in the 2000 census.
Egypt Holds First Presidential Elections

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Fifteen months after Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians voted in their first-ever free presidential elections.