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The Sober Guy  brings drunk drivers home
Two young entrepreneurs in Fargo have started a new business to help drunk drivers get home safely. The business, called Sober Guy, is generating interest around the country.
Is there justice for people with fetal alcohol brain damage?
Pregnant women who drink alcohol risk giving birth to children with permanent brain damage. As these kids grow up, many get in trouble with the law. Experts say the country's justice system is ill-equipped to deal fairly with fetal alcohol offenders.
Racist incidents concern SCSU students
Officials at St. Cloud State University are struggling to stop a string of bias motivated crimes.
Probation officers 'build a better mousetrap'
Probation officers frustrated by a complicated state computer system created their own search engine for criminal records.
Prosecutors look to crack down on sex offenders
Two Minnesota prosecutors are pursuing life sentences for two charged with sex offenses. A 2005 state law allows the severe penalty, as do many states since the rape and killing by a repeat sex offender of Dru Sjodin in 2003.
The Neuter Commuter hits the road
The people who run the Neuter Commuter are fixing to fix more pets. But Minnesota law won't let them do it for free and they say that's a problem.
U of M students present child abduction case to president of South Sudan
A group of University of Minnesota students campaigning for the release of two kidnapped children in Sudan scored a major victory recently, when they were able to meet with the president of Southern Sudan.
Allegations raise a stink over Mower County feedlot
State officials are investigating possible official malfeasance in a dispute over a Mower County hog feedlot.
Minnesota Supreme Court to set rules for interactive television in district courts.
Interactive television allows judges to hold hearings by closed-circuit television. Proponents say ITV saves money and time. But critics say it lessens the dignity of court proceedings.