Bob Collins
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has given a boost to cities who want to keep neighborhoods from being taken over by college students.
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Crime and Justice
In Tuesday’s 5×8, we had a good discussion on the Mothers Against Drunk Driving push for Minnesota to change its constitution to allow the state to once again stop people at checkpoints to see if they’re drunk. Other states can do it, so what’s up with Minnesota? Asked on Twitter to further explain, the public Read more →
Why is there a red flag on mailboxes? These days, it’s to alert thieves that there’s something to steal. Unable to get to the post office, the other day I shoved a bill and a Netflix disk into my suburban mailbox and raised the flag to alert the mail carrier that there was outgoing mail. Read more →
Rounding up the innocent to catch the guilty, the winter of our discontent, what’s in your credit card agreement, Kevin Grow goes to the NBA, and the luck and realities of the Twin Cities classrooms. Read more →
A divided Minnesota Supreme Court today tossed out a lawsuit against a Hennepin County sheriff’s deputy, who smashed into a car while responding to an emergency. Read more →
Is violence in north Minneapolis creating post-traumatic stress disorder? Read more →
In the aftermath of the theft of credit card data of millions of its customers, Target is offering free credit monitoring via Experian’s ProtectMyID to those concerned they’ll be exposed to phony charges. Target sent emails last week with instructions on how to get the free monitoring. Once they sign up, customers will get a Read more →
You can steal the car, but can you drive the car? Read more →
Bill Conlin was one of the finest baseball writers of his generation. None of his accomplishments in life matter, because the last description of him on this planet is that he molested children. Read more →
A divided Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected protection for a former security guard who says she was fired in retaliation for filing for unemployment benefits after her hours were cut. Read more →
Why no kill-switch feature on cell phones to discourage thefts? The companies may soon have to answer to Congress. Read more →
Key points on the NSA data collection ruling, which is likely headed for the Supreme Court. Read more →
A divided Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld a state law that allows a county to seize and sell an automobile if the person driving it was driving drunk. Read more →
Many Americans, this week’s news stories confirm, don’t have a clue what the First Amendment says or what it means.
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More on the scene of a homicide in north Minneapolis in which the blood and remains weren’t cleaned up Read more →