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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.
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.
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.
Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling case
A judge found in favor of man who sued AT&T over the company purposely slowing down his iPhone, when it had sold him an "unlimited data" plan.
A Ramsey County judge who earlier blocked a vote on whether thousands of Minnesota child-care workers could unionize will decide within 90 days whether to make his order permanent.
Nearly 82,000 Minnesotans who booked trips on Travelocity.com in the last two-and-a-half years will get refunds for travel insurance.
A federal judge Wednesday sentenced the former owner of a Twin Cities toy company to five and-a-half years in prison.
Sex offender wins provisional release
A civilly committed sex offender will likely be Minnesota's first provisionally released to live in a halfway house. The Minnesota Department of Human Services says release may happen within 15 days.