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Charging documents in the Holocaust Museum shooting

Bob Collins June 11, 2009, 2:49 PM Jun 11, 2009

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The official charging documents usually provide the best description of a crime.

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Holocaust Memorial shooting: Why it’s personal

Bob Collins June 10, 2009, 6:52 PM Jun 10, 2009

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Mark Blumenthal writes of his late father-in-law, who visited the Holocaust Museum at least once a year. He provides insight into the staff and guards who work there.

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Holocaust Museum shooting: Robbinsdale kids OK

Bob Collins June 10, 2009, 4:41 PM Jun 10, 2009

Thirty-nine kids and four chaperones from middle schools in Robbinsdale were in the Holocaust Museum in Washington when Wednesday’s shooting took place

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The Holocaust Museum shooting: What’s happening here?

Bob Collins June 10, 2009, 12:55 PM Jun 10, 2009

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The third shooting in a week should have us reconsidering the threat of terrorism.

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Shooter ungagged

Bob Collins June 9, 2009, 5:09 PM Jun 9, 2009

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The Associated Press certainly had an ethical question to resolve on Tuesday when it got an interview with the man accused of shooting two military recruiters, killing one.

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Death in the name of life

Bob Collins May 31, 2009, 2:04 PM May 31, 2009

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The abortion debate is back in a big way with today’s killing in Kansas City of Dr. George Tiller, a doctor who performed abortions. He was killed in — of all places — his church.

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Defamed?

Bob Collins May 28, 2009, 1:11 PM May 28, 2009

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A Rochester man is suing a TV station for reporting what he now admits was a lie.

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The Saberi tapes

Bob Collins May 28, 2009, 12:37 PM May 28, 2009

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Roxana Saberi’s first in-depth interview since being released from a prison in Iran.

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Sotomayor’s Minnesota connection

Bob Collins May 26, 2009, 5:41 PM May 26, 2009

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Conservatives point to a 2001 speech by Sonia Sotomayer as a reason to be concerned about her judicial temperament. In it, she cited a Minnesota Supreme Court case.

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Prop 8 upheld

Bob Collins May 26, 2009, 12:05 PM May 26, 2009

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The California Supreme Court has upheld last November’s vote that struck down gay marriage in the state, while voting to keep existing same-sex marriages legally intact.

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Prisoners of the Catholic Church

Bob Collins May 20, 2009, 11:16 AM May 20, 2009

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Few news stories will lead reasonable people to shake their head more so than the bomb dropped by a commission in Ireland today.

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Is it time to end the war on drugs?

Bob Collins May 14, 2009, 10:56 AM May 14, 2009

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Is it possible to eliminate a demand only through treatment?

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The legacy of Chad Green

Bob Collins May 8, 2009, 1:12 PM May 8, 2009

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The story of a Sleepy Eye couple and their cancer-stricken child mirrors one of the nation’s landmark cases.

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Court: Suicide attempt no cause for a new trial

Bob Collins May 5, 2009, 12:11 PM May 5, 2009

The Minnesota Court of Appeals today rejected the claim of a convicted rapist who said because he tried to kill himself during his trial, he was denied the right to be present at his trial.

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Named and shamed

Bob Collins May 5, 2009, 10:13 AM May 5, 2009

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The practice of publicizing evil-doers and undesirables is spreading.

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Tag: Crime and Justice

Charging documents in the Holocaust Museum shooting

Holocaust Memorial shooting: Why it’s personal

Holocaust Museum shooting: Robbinsdale kids OK

The Holocaust Museum shooting: What’s happening here?

Shooter ungagged

Death in the name of life

Defamed?

The Saberi tapes

Sotomayor’s Minnesota connection

Prop 8 upheld

Prisoners of the Catholic Church

Is it time to end the war on drugs?

The legacy of Chad Green

Court: Suicide attempt no cause for a new trial

Named and shamed