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Franken, Coleman Fight Over $94K in Legal Fees

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted May 23, 2009 7:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – Norm Coleman and Al Franken are tussling over $94,000 in legal fees as they head to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Talking Points Memo reports. A county clerk ruled this week that Coleman, after losing a court ruling in the Senate race, owed Franken the... Read full story »

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