Al Franken
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Inside Oprah Winfrey’s Battle for ‘Power’
Guest blog: Winfrey’s recent legal troubles, stemming from her media empire’s use of the phrase “Own Your Power,” illuminate the tensions between fair use and trademark rights
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‘Daily Show’: Watch John Oliver Watch Al Franken Explain a Joke
A satirist admires a satirists admiring a satirist — as something serious is explained
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Al Franken’s Former ‘SNL’ Partner Tom Davis Dead at 59
Pioneering "Saturday Night Live" writer Tom Davis won multiple Emmys for his work
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Sen. Franken Wants Obama Administration to Investigate Comcast
Minnesota Democrat says anticompetitive behavior could raise cable and internet rates
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Al Franken: AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Will Kill Competition
Minnesota Democrat says a marriage of the companies will stifle innovation and kill jobs
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Franken to Apple, Google: Mobile Customers’ Privacy Not Being Protected (Video)
Senator puts companies on the line at a first-ever congressional hearing on mobile technology and privacy
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The iPhone Tracking Controversy: Sen. Al Franken Sets a Hearing
Invites represenatives from Apple and Google in the wake of a report that the software into mobile devices can track user movement
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Franken: ‘Comcast Jumped the Gun on Leadership Announcement’
Senator urges AG to investigate whether the cable company violated anti-trust law in announcing its new management
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Franken: Comcast-NBCU, Net Neutrality Are ‘First Amendment’ Issues of Our Time
Franken calls on federal government to halt — or severely limit — Comcast-NBCU deal
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Live From Minnesota, It’s Sen. Franken
State supreme court rules that Franken can finally take his seat; opponent Norm Coleman concedes.
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Soldiers Get Star Treatment
Celebrities are pouring into Washington at a record rate, arriving to goody bags in high-end hotels (The Ritz in Georgetown is offering a red-white-and-blue package of Michelle Obama’s shortbread cookies) and occasional autograph-seekers in hotel lobbies. The biggest challenge for many is which of the 80 inaugural events to go to – from the Green…
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Johanna Neuman