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Should sex offenders that have served time for their crime be set free?

Should sex offenders that have served time for their crime be set free?

“Gov. Mark Dayton has changed course on how to deal with sex offenders indefinitely detained under civil commitment. “Dayton today directed the state Department of Human Services to oppose any future recommendations that sex offenders be released.” (MPR News) Many of the nearly 700 people in the Minnesota Sex Offender Program have joined a class-action Read more →
by Michael Olson

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1 dead in St. Louis County fire

Sheriff's officials say one person has died in a house fire in northern St. Louis County.

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Locally Laid fowl ready for national spotlight

Locally Laid fowl ready for national spotlight

Some Minnesota chickens are one step away from getting their own Super Bowl ad. The 2,500 or so hens, all named Lola, live and lay at the Locally Laid Egg Company in Wrenshall, Minn. Their owners, Jason and Lucie Amundsen, uploaded a video about their pasture-raised workforce to the “Small Business/Big Game” contest. So did Read more →
by Jeff Jones

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Prosecutors: Thieves steal $1M in hearing aids

A soon-to-be laid off worker at a hearing aid distributor allegedly took a little more severance than his employer bargained for: He”s charged with walking out with $1 million worth of products. The  Hennepin County Attorney’s office charged the 56-year-old Bloomington man with stealing $1,069,275.09 worth of aids, parts and supplies from a Plymouth-based maker of Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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St. Paul police tweet about theft of racing pigeons

St. Paul police tweet about theft of racing pigeons

A coop of about 35 racing pigeons was stolen from a St. Paul yard Monday night or early Tuesday morning, according to St. Paul Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Paul Paulos. The pigeons were valued at about $1,000. “There were two coops there, and the owner feels that they [thieves] must’ve known what they were Read more →
by Liala Helal

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Should we embrace the free movement of labor?

Should we embrace the free movement of labor?

“If we value a free market in goods and free movement of capital, should we embrace the free movement of labor? Reciprocal treaties would allow citizens of the U.S. and other countries to work legally across borders. Would the elimination of barriers in the labor market depress wages and flood the marketplace with workers? Or Read more →
by Michael Olson

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