Minnesota's Supreme Court is considering whether to allow improperly rejected absentee ballots into the state's U.S. Senate recount.  

Republican Norm Coleman holds a slight lead over Democrat Al Franken as a state canvassing board considers more than 1,000 ballot challenges.  The rejected absentees, an estimated 1,600, are the other big issue.
 
Coleman's attorney argued Wednesday that the ballots shouldn't be counted because of differences in the way counties decide what amounts to proper rejection.  The attorney, Roger Magnuson, said adding votes that weren't
tallied on Election Day would turn Minnesota's race into something like the 2000 presidential recount in Florida.
That drew stern words from Justice Paul Anderson, who said he didn't appreciate the comparison.
 
The justices didn't say when they would rule.