Bob CollinsUnless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, you will not be hearing political advertisements on public radio or TV anytime soon.
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Crime and Justice
When you mail a package, do you have any expectation of privacy about what’s inside? Read more →
If you’re going to drive drunk, don’t buy these types of things to jazz up your truck. A Meeker County man today lost his attempt to have his DUI license revocation thrown out. His tail light covers did him in. Joseph Hoekstra was driving his pickup truck in December 2011 when state trooper Casey Meagher, Read more →
The Minnesota Supreme Court today reversed a Court of Appeals ruling that granted a new trial for a St. Paul priest who said religious doctrine was used in his prosecution in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
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Whatever happened to this police officer? Now we know. Lt. John Pike, who pepper-sprayed protesting students at the University of California Davis, was awarded $38,056 in a worker’s compensation case this week. The Davis Enterprise says Pike, who was fired not long after the incident, suffered from depression and anxiety after nationwide death threats. “ Read more →
The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected a man’s claim that police should be required to obtain a warrant before blood and urine tests determine whether he was driving drunk.
The court ruled today in the case of Wesley Brooks, who was stopped three separate times for suspected drunk driving.
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The latest school shooting barely makes the news. Read more →
The state’s assisted suicide law will apparently live intact for at least another week. The Minnesota Court of Appeals issued no decisions today at its regularly scheduled time. The Associated Press had earlier reported that a test of the state’s law was expected today. Update 11:23 a.m. The Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion. Read more →
The FBI this afternoon has released a video of Aaron Alexis, the man who staged the massacre at the Washington Navy Yard earlier this month in which 12 people were shot to death. It also released this timeline: 7:53 a.m. – Alexis’ rental car, a blue Toyota Prius with New York plates, entered Parking Garage Read more →
When the media identifies you wrongly as a mass murder, you might think you were better off dead. Read more →
In deciding rate increases, regulators can consider how badly people are hurting, court says. Read more →
Stepping up security at ballparks. Read more →
Navy Yard shooting photos show patience, bravery in the face of danger. Read more →
It was a heck of a try by Carissa Jean Elizabeth Stahosky two years ago when she was stopped for speeding in Ramsey County Read more →
Caring about the suicide of Ariel Castro only adds to the misery he wrought on humanity. Read more →