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Minnesota Public Radio has confirmed with a Democratic official who has spoken to Sen. Al Franken and key aides who say Franken will resign his Minnesota Senate seat on Thursday.

Inflation is coming down. The latest cost-of-living report showed lower annual inflation in October than the month before. Falling gasoline prices get much of the credit for that.

Migrants trying to leave from the west African country of Mauritania say they are suffering brutal, inhumane and degrading treatment at the hands of security forces funded by the European Union.

who change jobs or get laid off, to maintain their health insurance. Two of the bill's sponsor, Republican Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, and Democrat Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, are trying to move it onto the Senate floor for a vote.

plan aimed at addressing the economic anxiety of many Americans. The new agenda is a response to the fact that most of the issues that the GOP has been pursuing in Washington, including the Contract with America, have been all but ignored on the campaign trail.

to institute changes in the state's welfare system while not draining more money from the state's coffers to achieve that. One plan involves going to the private sector for help in getting some welfare recipients out of the dependency cycle.

Yeltsin's plan to end the war in Chechnya. Yeltsin proposes withdrawing some Russian troops and possibly holding talks with Chechen rebels. He has all but conceded he cannot be re-elected in June if no peace settlement is reached.

order which gives the government the power to freeze bank accounts in the U.S. believed to be controlled by Hamas and other terrorist groups. But it's unclear how successful the order has been in preventing terrorists from getting to their money.

have formed a support group to share their tales of what it's like to live in an overseemingly white region. Blacks make up only one percent of New Hampshire's population. and that is over half the state's minority population.

Farrakhan, and his recent visits to four militant Islamic countries linked to terrorism. The Nation of Islam leader did not attend the hearing, but many of his supporters did. They complained that they were not given the chance to speak in support of Farrakhan.