Al Franken – Senator from Minnesota

Just 238 days following election day in Nov. 2008, Minnesota finally has a second U.S. senator representing its interests.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                         June 30, 2009
Statement from the President on the Minnesota Supreme Court Certifying Al Franken as the Winner of Last Year’s Senate Election
“I look forward to working with Senator-Elect [...]

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Nike and Lance Armstrong

Seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, doesn’t have to ride a bike. He chooses to because he knows what people facing cancer go through each day. He understands the struggle and the fear. He wants to make a difference.
So no matter what you may think of Armstrong’s comeback this year, this ad from Nike [...]

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Lausanne

A few photos from my recent trip to Lausanne, Switzerland where I spent a Saturday acting like a tourist.

This photo overlooks the rooftops of Lausanne. It’s a view from the Cathedral of Notre Dame, which sits about halfway up the hill the city sits on. In the distance is Lake Geneva and beyond that the [...]

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“A Prairie Home,” Prepares to Celebrate

Thirty-five years. If you ask anyone how a radio show could successfully knock heads for just the past decade with online interwebbing, the likely answer would be, “It can’t.” Yet a small little radio show…a show founded here in Saint Paul, Minn., will celebrate its 35th year of production this summer.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – For [...]

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Soccer Player Revived by Defibrillator Implant

Here is evidence of the life-saving abilities provided by implanted cardioverter defibrillators (ICD).
In the video (taken at a soccer match in Europe in early June), a player drops to the field with a heart arrhythmia. Watch closely as his body jolts when his implanted defibrillator shocks his heart back into a normal rhythm.
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Putting the “S” in Switzerland

I’ve spent the past six days in Switzerland.
After landing in Geneva and taking the train to Tolochenaz (where Audrey Hepburn lived for many years and where Phil Collins lives today), I integrated myself into my work and the role I was asked to do. Our International media day event was a big success.  But beyond [...]

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Nature Valley Grand Prix Culminates in Stillwater

The 11th edition of the Minnesota Bicycle Festival and Nature Valley Grand Prix ended today in Stillwater, Minn. Under clear skies (thankfully) and warm temperatures, thousands of spectators lined the now infamous Chilkoot Hill to watch the pro men and women battle in their respective races.
For the women, Kristin Armstrong hung on to a 12-second [...]

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Nature Valley Grand Prix Rocks, Rolls

This year’s Minnesota Bicycle Festival featuring the Nature Valley Grand Prix started under clouds of drizzle on Wednesday morning, June 10. But riders refused to let wet weather dampen their objective: to reach the podium on Day One of the five-day, six-stage race.
Gold medal Olympian, Kristin Armstrong lived up to all early expectations as she [...]

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The Graduate

It’s official: My oldest child has graduated from high school. Her commencement address was remarkable (see short clip below). I’ve included a couple photos of her as seen on the Target Center jumbotron talking to 600 of her peers and an audience of 3,000 parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends.
Here’s the introduction and first couple minutes [...]

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