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Centro Legal closes its doors

Centro Legal closes its doors

A nonprofit community law office in St. Paul has become one of the latest victims of the struggling economy. Centro Legal, which provided legal services to Minnesota's Latino community for the last 28 years, shut down for good Monday.
by Toni Randolph

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Minn. same-sex couples plan to marry in Iowa

Minn. same-sex couples plan to marry in Iowa

Dozens of same-sex couples in Minnesota are already planning weddings in Iowa, after that state's Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. The ruling allows same-sex partners to wed starting today.
by Tim Nelson

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Questions remain over CIA interrogation memos

Questions remain over CIA interrogation memos

A political firestorm has erupted over President Obama's decision to release the CIA interrogation memos. Obama has said those who performed interrogations on terror suspects should not be prosecuted, but some are pushing for criminal prosecution of Bush administration officials who authorized the policy.

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Court upholds murder conviction

The state Supreme Court has upheld a Hennepin County murder conviction in which the lead prosecutor was unauthorized to practice law.
by Elizabeth Stawicki

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Minn. Senate case tests court that shuns politics

Minn. Senate case tests court that shuns politics

Republican Norm Coleman's next gambit for regaining his U.S. Senate seat will come before a Minnesota Supreme Court that seems built to his advantage, with five of its seven members appointed by Republicans. But that edge isn't all it seems.
by Brian Bakst, Associated Press

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Saberi sentenced to eight years

Saberi sentenced to eight years

An American journalist and Fargo native jailed in Iran has been convicted of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison, her lawyer said Saturday, dashing any hopes for her quick release.

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Revisiting the criminal code

Revisiting the criminal code

Faced with rising costs and overcrowded prisons, states and some at the federal level are revisiting "get tough on crime" statutes.

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Parents of missing student lobby for quicker searches

The parents of a University of St. Thomas student who went missing 10 days ago are pushing to change state law to allow quicker searches when adults disappear.

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Coleman's next stop: Minnesota Supreme Court

Republican Norm Coleman says he will appeal a three-judge panel's ruling that Democrat Al Franken was the top vote-getter in Minnesota's 2008 U.S. Senate election. The next stop for the case will be the Minnesota Supreme Court.
by Elizabeth Stawicki and Tom Scheck

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Former ACLU head looks back on her legal battles

Former ACLU head looks back on her legal battles

Civil libertarians hailed the election of Barack Obama, but the promise of a different era for the rights of detainees is not clear. Long time civil liberties advocate Nadine Strossen talks about detainee rights, and why she continues to fight for free speech, even speech that offends.

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