Friday, August 29, 2008
A barista who said he was fired from a Starbucks coffee shop at the Mall of America for helping to organize fellow workers into a union has been
given his job back.
(08/29/2008)
The Minnesota Supreme Court reversed the
conviction of a man charged in the ambush slaying of a St. Paul police officer in 1970 and ordered a new trial.
(08/28/2008)
Two Ramsey County Sheriff's Department employees convicted by a federal jury have been terminated from their jobs.
(08/27/2008)
A special judicial panel has denied an attempt to disqualify state Supreme Court Justice Lorie Gildea from the ballot.
(08/27/2008)
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau for the year 2007 shows that median household income and poverty rates in Minnesota were relatively stable.
(08/26/2008)
A special judicial panel has denied an attempt to force Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Lorie Gildea off the September primary election ballot.
(08/26/2008)
Minneapolis police officers detained three activist filmmakers early this morning, and confiscated their video equipment.
(08/26/2008)
St. Paul police are asking for the public's help, after Barack Obama's Minnesota campaign headquarters had three plate glass windows and a glass door smashed early Sunday morning.
(08/25/2008)
Police are searching for a missing boater believed to be in the water since last night in Lake Minnetonka.
(08/24/2008)
A popular St. Paul sculpture vandalized in July has been restored, several weeks ahead of schedule.
(08/22/2008)
A group of college presidents has signed on to a new initiative that calls for a renewed debate over the legal drinking age. Opponents say lowering the drinking age would lead to more car accidents and an increase in binge drinking.
(A Prairie Home Companion,
08/20/2008)
The family of Jacob Gunvalson of Gonvick, Minn.,
contends that the company led them to believe he could participate in a clinical trial of the drug but then went back on their word.
(08/20/2008)
Hennepin County officials say a man charged with dozens of cases of mortgage fraud -- mostly in north Minneapolis -- pleaded guilty.
(08/20/2008)
About 50 attorneys showed up for a seminar that included judges talking about everything from the logistics of arraignments to what factors Minnesota considers on setting bail.
(08/19/2008)
Barbara Bachman is starting to talk and walk short distances while recovering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Her husband, Todd Bachman was killed at a tourist attraction in Beijing.
(08/19/2008)






