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Courts

Legal decision has attorneys talking

Judge Patrick J. Schiltz has taken the unusual step of sanctioning Minneapolis attorney William Butler for filing what the judge calls frivolous show-me-the-note actions.
by Jessica Mador

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Appeals court restores Minn. judicial election rules

Appeals court restores Minn. judicial election rules

A deeply split federal appeals court restored Minnesota's restrictions on fundraising and endorsements by judicial candidates , reversing an earlier decision that held the state's rules unconstitutional on free-speech grounds.
by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

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ACLU takes on activist's ban from federal building

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit on behalf of an activist who was detained and banned from a federal building in Minneapolis last year after writing with chalk on a public sidewalk.
by Jon Collins

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Man pleads guilty in synthetic drug death

A Blaine resident has pleaded guilty to providing a synthetic drug to a man who later died.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Soldier's lawyer plans trip to Afghanistan

Soldier's lawyer plans trip to Afghanistan

The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians is questioning the quality of the evidence against his client and plans to travel to Afghanistan to gather his own.

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FDA may probe Texas company that stored Gov. Perry's stem cells

FDA may probe Texas company that stored Gov. Perry's stem cells

A University of Minnesota professor is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate a company that stored adult stem cells from Texas Governor Rick Perry for use in an experimental procedure to treat his back pain.

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Sex offender's release draws hundreds to Golden Valley meeting

Sex offender's release draws hundreds to Golden Valley meeting

The Department of Human Services had planned to let 64 year old Clarence Opheim out quietly. But last month a new law took effect that requires communities to be notified if a sex offender is released to residential treatment.
by Matt Sepic

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Federal warning ends county truce with pot-growers

Federal warning ends county truce with pot-growers

A permitting system for growers of medical marijuana is the most striking casualty of the crackdown by California's federal prosecutors.

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Ventura sues 'American Sniper' author for libel

Ventura sues 'American Sniper' author for libel

Jesse Ventura is suing an author over the way he portrays a bar fight he claims he had with the former Minnesota governor.

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