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Video: Burris’ backing from God recalls Bachmann’s, Palin’s

“We are hoping and praying that they will not be able to deny what the Lord has ordained,” Roland Burris said before his fateful trip to Washington. Now that Democrats in the U.S. Senate appear ready to join God in backing Burris’s appointment by Illinois Gov. Rod “Nothing but Blue Sky” Blagojevich to join their ranks, [...]

MnIndy’s Best: Top videos of 2008

As so-called “backpack journalists” — reporters who take notes, shoot and edit video, snap photos, record audio, liveblog and tweet — we continue experimenting with a range of news technologies. In 2008, we tackled video at an unprecedented rate and with some surprising results. In random order, our ten favorites from the past 12 months.

Live Video: Minnesota Supreme Court hearing on the recount

The UpTake, lauded yesterday by the Columbia Journalism Review for the “multimedia powerhouse” they’ve been providing during the recount, will stream live video of today’s Minnesota Supreme Court hearing. The court will address a request by Sen. Norm Coleman’s campaign for a temporary restraining order to stop local election officials from counting improperly rejected absentee [...]

Off-base TV ads for Chambliss and Palin earn nods for new Slaughtered Turkey Awards

Who knew that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s classic turkey-slaughter TV interview would usher in a golden age of uncomfortable, Thanksgiving-themed television ads featuring conservatives? Two ads that surfaced in the past few days qualify in separate categories for Slaughtered Turkey Awards.

Screw U: University students turned away from polls on Election Day

As of Tuesday night, Hennepin County officials had yet to recount ballots from Minneapolis’ Precinct 1, Ward 3. But when they do, there likely won’t be as many ballots to count as there were voters who tried to cast them. Residents of a student cooperative on the University of Minnesota campus weren’t able to register at their polling place this year like they did in past elections. The problem: Election officials would not accept the same kind of proof of residency they had in the past. It remains unclear how many students were turned away — and whether their votes could have an impact in the stil up-in-the-air U.S. Senate race. Video and more after the jump.

Video: Obama names economic team

President-elect Barack Obama, at a press conference in Chicago today, announced his economic team, a group he says will offer “both sound judgment and fresh thinking, both a depth of experience and a wealth of bold new ideas.” The team:
Tim Geithner - Secretary of the Treasury
Larry Summers - Director of the National Economic Council
Christine Romer [...]

Comedians show more spine than Dems on Lieberman

The Democrats’ response to Sen. Joe Lieberman’s vigorous campaigning for John McCain, which included the former Democrat taking to CNN to endorse the GOP’s talking point that “Hamas endorsed Obama”: He got to keep his chairmanship and was allowed to remain part of the Democratic Senatorial Caucus. Since his party won’t deal with Leiberman harshly, [...]

Norm Coleman: ‘I’m a winner’ and ‘most challenges will be dismissed’

U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman broke his silence on the recount in Minnesota’s election for the seat he holds today, saying “I’m a winner” and predicting that most of the mounting number of challenged ballots — including his campaign’s apparently — will be dismissed. Of the Coleman and Al Franken campaigns’ increasingly aggressive ballot challenges, Coleman said, “There are games being played on both sides and it would be great if people put the games aside.” He disavowed personal involvement in the recount’s nitty-gritty — “I’m not involved in day-to-day recount stuff.”
Continued, with video, after the jump.

Job-hunt tip for R.T.: Don’t play with finger puppet of boss-to-be on YouTube

Maybe Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak doesn’t really want a job with the Obama administration after all. In a YouTube video released this week, hizzoner momentarily toys with a small felt replica of the person who has the power (among other powers) to hire him. “These are finger puppets?” Rybak exclaims. “Barack Obama finger puppets? I love this!”

MnIndy video: Franken’s forces cheer judge’s ruling on rejected absentee ballots

At a Wednesday press conference, Al Franken for Senate attorney Marc Elias cheered today’s Ramsey County District Court ruling that the county must provide the campaign with information about whose absentees ballots were rejected in the election earlier this month. Brief video highlight clip after the jump.