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Choi is 1st Korean-American county attorney in US

John Choi has been sworn in as Ramsey County Attorney, becoming the first Asian-American county attorney in Minnesota.

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Voting Rights in the Kennedy Years

Voting Rights in the Kennedy Years

Judge Gordon A. Martin discusses his new book "Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote," about the 1962 court case that resulted in one of the first victories for voting rights in the South. Judge Martin will be joined by Minneapolis-born John Doar, who worked for the Justice Department under Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and successfully tried the case.

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Best Buy settles overcharging allegations in Conn.

Best Buy Co. Inc. has settled a Connecticut lawsuit that accused it of advertising lower prices on some items on its website than at in-store kiosks, then overcharging customers at the stores.

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Apple Valley Medical Clinic to pay state, fed

The Apple Valley Medical Clinic will pay the federal government and the state of Minnesota a total of $195,000 to settle allegations that it improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid programs for outpatient services.

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Justice pursuing antitrust leads in agribusiness, Varney says

The Justice Department is pursuing several leads on possible anti-competition cases in agribusiness after a series of hearings on the issue, according to Christine Varney, the head of the agency's antitrust division.

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Northern Minn. counties worry about losing court services

Northern Minn. counties worry about losing court services

Residents of northeastern Minnesota were rocked this fall by reports that courthouses in Lake and Cook counties could soon be shuttered, meaning that people with court business could have to drive for hours to regional trial centers in places like Duluth or Virginia. State court officials say nothing of the sort is in the works, but the rumors persist.
by Bob Kelleher

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Drop in Minnesota child abuse cases puzzles experts

Drop in Minnesota child abuse cases puzzles experts

Proven cases of abuse and neglect have dropped to their lowest levels since 1982, when Minnesota's population was smaller by a million people. Nationally, the numbers are also dropping.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Minn. high court taking comments on camera options

The Minnesota Supreme Court will take public comments until Dec. 17 on proposals for a pilot project on allowing news cameras in the state's trial courts.

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Three views on torture

Three views on torture

President George W. Bush recently disclosed in his new memoir that he stands by his decision to authorize a form of torture called waterboarding. Midmorning presents three different views of the policy, the politics, and the history of torture.

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Judges in Iowa lose seats over same-sex marriage ruling

In Iowa, a campaign to recall three Supreme Court justices was a successful one in last week's election. All three voted in 2009 -- along with the entire Iowa Supreme Court -- in favor of legalized same-sex marriage in the state.

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