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Franken gushes over prairies in National Geographic senatorial draw-off

By Chris Steller | 11.17.09 | 4:24 pm

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No, it’s not the return flight-path for those errant Northwest Airlines pilots. It’s U.S. Sen. Al Franken’s hand-drawn map of Minnesota, done on spec for National Geographic. 

AM.MN: Ask Big Pharma if Franken’s bill is right for Brian Williams

By Chris Steller | 10.26.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoU.S. Sen. Al Franken has it in for Brian Williams. That’s one conclusion to be drawn from Franken’s backing of a bill that would end tax breaks for pharmaceutical ads of the sort that pepper TV network…