Minnesota Supreme Court rules in favor of Al Franken, giving
Democrats 60th vote in Senate.   A summary of what's in the
major U.S. newspapers. July 1 2009 6:35 AM  Mr. Franken Goes to
Washington  The Washington Postand New York Timeslead with the
end of an eight-month election dispute in Minnesota as Al
Franken packs his bags and gets ready to join the Senate. His
victory officially gives Democrats a 60-vote filibuster-proof
majority. The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously ruled in
Franken's favor yesterday, declaring that the comedian turned
politician won by 312 votes out of 2.9 million cast. Two hours
later, Republican Norm Coleman conceded. "I join all Minnesotans
in congratulating our newest United States senator," Coleman
said. "I can't wait to get started," Franken said.  USA
Todayleads with, and is alone in fronting, the Yemenia Airways
Airbus A310 that crashed yesterday in the Indian Ocean, 12 miles
away from the island nation of Comoros, carrying 153 people.
European officials said that a 2007 saf