Norm Coleman: ‘I’m a winner’ and ‘most challenges will be dismissed’

U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman broke his silence on the recount in Minnesota’s election for the seat he holds today, saying “I’m a winner” and predicting that most of the mounting number of challenged ballots — including his campaign’s apparently — will be dismissed. Of the Coleman and Al Franken campaigns’ increasingly aggressive ballot challenges, Coleman said, “There are games being played on both sides and it would be great if people put the games aside.” He disavowed personal involvement in the recount’s nitty-gritty — “I’m not involved in day-to-day recount stuff.”
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Time to put nuclear power back on the table?

Nuclear power has picked up a few unlikely endorsements lately, as some environmentalists reconsider its possible lesser-evil  status as an alternative to carbon-spewing coal…

Environmentalists — and fish — warming to nuclear power?

As some environmentalists reconsider nuclear power, it turns out fish are warming to nuclear, too. An interesting energy tidbit in a Rochester Post-Bulletin article about an ice-fishing tournament last weekend on Lake Pepin:

Another major change

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Xcel: No plans to build new nuclear plants

Reuters got the story wrong this week when it reported Xcel Energy plans to add capacity by building nuclear power plants. CEO Dick Kelly…