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Franken wants laptops with medical info encrypted
U.S. Sen. Al Franken said Wednesday he plans to pursue legislation or federal regulations requiring encryption of all laptops containing private medical information, after presiding over a hearing on aggressive debt collection practices in several Minnesota hospitals.
Wednesday, May, 30, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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U.S. Sen. Al Franken said Wednesday he plans to pursue legislation or federal regulations requiring encryption of all laptops containing private medical information, after presiding over a hearing on aggressive debt collection practices in several Minnesota hospitals.
Wednesday, May, 30, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Fear fans flames for flame retardant chemical makers
Dr. David Heimbach knows how to tell a story. Before California lawmakers last year, the noted burn surgeon drew gasps from the crowd as he described a 7-week-old baby girl who was burned in a fire started by a candle while she lay on a pillow that lacked flame retardant chemicals.
Tuesday, May, 29, 2012 - Chicago Tribune - News
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Dr. David Heimbach knows how to tell a story. Before California lawmakers last year, the noted burn surgeon drew gasps from the crowd as he described a 7-week-old baby girl who was burned in a fire started by a candle while she lay on a pillow that lacked flame retardant chemicals.
Tuesday, May, 29, 2012 - Chicago Tribune - News
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$46,150 legal tab in Minnesota Senate scandal
The legal tab for the Minnesota Senate in the firing of a high-ranking staffer is $46,150 and counting, according to an invoice released Friday. The billing detailed $330-an-hour legal services from an outside attorney, Dayle Nolan, retained to defend the Senate over the firing of Michael Brodkorb.
Friday, May, 25, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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The legal tab for the Minnesota Senate in the firing of a high-ranking staffer is $46,150 and counting, according to an invoice released Friday. The billing detailed $330-an-hour legal services from an outside attorney, Dayle Nolan, retained to defend the Senate over the firing of Michael Brodkorb.
Friday, May, 25, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Ex-student in Rutgers webcam case gets 30 days
A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail — just a fraction of the maximum — in a case that focused attention on anti-gay bullying, teen suicide and hate-crime laws in the fast-changing Internet age.
Monday, May, 21, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail — just a fraction of the maximum — in a case that focused attention on anti-gay bullying, teen suicide and hate-crime laws in the fast-changing Internet age.
Monday, May, 21, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Fantasy’s takes GF, EGF to court
The owners of Fantasy’s, an adult-themed store, are taking legal action against the cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, saying they were illegally blocked from opening businesses in the two cities.
Friday, May, 18, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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The owners of Fantasy’s, an adult-themed store, are taking legal action against the cities of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, saying they were illegally blocked from opening businesses in the two cities.
Friday, May, 18, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Society's lack of trust in Facebook likely to limit ad sales
Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it. Users' distrust limits the value of the site's ads. Advertisers want to target their messages to the people most likely to respond to them. And the more Facebook knows about us, the better it will be at tailoring those ads to our interests.
Tuesday, May, 15, 2012 - AP Technology Writer - Business
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Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it. Users' distrust limits the value of the site's ads. Advertisers want to target their messages to the people most likely to respond to them. And the more Facebook knows about us, the better it will be at tailoring those ads to our interests.
Tuesday, May, 15, 2012 - AP Technology Writer - Business
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Poll: Half of Americans call Facebook a fad
Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high.
Tuesday, May, 15, 2012 - - News
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Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high.
Tuesday, May, 15, 2012 - - News
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Demand for student housing on the rise
Rising demand for student housing options that offer more privacy than traditional dormitories has launched a $9.8 million project at the University of Minnesota-Crookston and prompted UND to consider its own housing project.
Sunday, May, 13, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Rising demand for student housing options that offer more privacy than traditional dormitories has launched a $9.8 million project at the University of Minnesota-Crookston and prompted UND to consider its own housing project.
Sunday, May, 13, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Lakota, N.D., case raises questions of privacy, rights and non-military role of UAS drones
News media around the nation are keeping a close eye on the case of a Lakota, N.D., area farmer accused of cattle theft because, many suggest, it has the potential to set legal precedent for the use of unmanned aircraft in police surveillance.
Tuesday, May, 08, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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News media around the nation are keeping a close eye on the case of a Lakota, N.D., area farmer accused of cattle theft because, many suggest, it has the potential to set legal precedent for the use of unmanned aircraft in police surveillance.
Tuesday, May, 08, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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North Dakota using facial-recognition software when taking driver’s license photos
For the last two years, North Dakota has been using facial-recognition software as a way to prevent driver’s license fraud. Drivers like Wilson are asked to remove their glasses because the frames make it difficult for the software to identify a face.
Monday, May, 07, 2012 - The Forum - News
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For the last two years, North Dakota has been using facial-recognition software as a way to prevent driver’s license fraud. Drivers like Wilson are asked to remove their glasses because the frames make it difficult for the software to identify a face.
Monday, May, 07, 2012 - The Forum - News
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Hearing recalls 9/11 attacks for victims' families
Nearly 11 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, family members of some of the victims watched via closed-circuit TV as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and four co-defendants were arraigned Saturday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a proceeding that left one father emotional as he recalled the loss of his firefighter son.
Saturday, May, 05, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Nearly 11 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, family members of some of the victims watched via closed-circuit TV as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and four co-defendants were arraigned Saturday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a proceeding that left one father emotional as he recalled the loss of his firefighter son.
Saturday, May, 05, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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CAPITOL CHATTER: Dean plan a diversion en route to stadium vote
The Dean plan will be an asterisk in the Great Stadium Debate of 2012, but it provided an interesting diversion while Minnesotans awaited a legislative vote about a new Vikings stadium. House Majority Leader Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, said he had worked a couple of weeks trying to find a solution to funding a stadium, but he was not ready for prime time when Gov. Mark Dayton caught wind of it.
Saturday, May, 05, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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The Dean plan will be an asterisk in the Great Stadium Debate of 2012, but it provided an interesting diversion while Minnesotans awaited a legislative vote about a new Vikings stadium. House Majority Leader Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, said he had worked a couple of weeks trying to find a solution to funding a stadium, but he was not ready for prime time when Gov. Mark Dayton caught wind of it.
Saturday, May, 05, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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Nurse in Afghanistan dies during Skype chat with wife
The Texas-based wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday. The circumstances of Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's death Monday were not immediately available.
Friday, May, 04, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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The Texas-based wife of an Army officer serving in Afghanistan witnessed her husband's death as the two video chatted via Skype, his family said Friday. The circumstances of Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark's death Monday were not immediately available.
Friday, May, 04, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Technology helping seniors stay healthier, avoid institional care
When 80-year-old Paul Marrs arises each morning, nine sensors in his Belle Plaine, Minn., senior apartment begin tracking his activity and dispatching an array of data to a computer in Mendota Heights, Minn. — did he go back to bed, use the toilet, open the refrigerator? It’s a high-tech solution that is transforming services to frail seniors in Minnesota and across the country by spotting problems while they’re small. For some seniors and their families, it’s raised some privacy concerns, but for others, such as Marrs, it’s a godsend.
Wednesday, April, 25, 2012 - Star Tribune (Minneapolis)/ MCT - News
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When 80-year-old Paul Marrs arises each morning, nine sensors in his Belle Plaine, Minn., senior apartment begin tracking his activity and dispatching an array of data to a computer in Mendota Heights, Minn. — did he go back to bed, use the toilet, open the refrigerator? It’s a high-tech solution that is transforming services to frail seniors in Minnesota and across the country by spotting problems while they’re small. For some seniors and their families, it’s raised some privacy concerns, but for others, such as Marrs, it’s a godsend.
Wednesday, April, 25, 2012 - Star Tribune (Minneapolis)/ MCT - News
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4-year old boy killed, 2 others injured in fire near Stephen, Minn.
A 4-year-old boy was killed and two children were injured in a fire that destroyed a house about 3 miles north of Stephen, Minn., on Friday, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office said. The boy’s body was found late this afternoon.
Sunday, April, 22, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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A 4-year-old boy was killed and two children were injured in a fire that destroyed a house about 3 miles north of Stephen, Minn., on Friday, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office said. The boy’s body was found late this afternoon.
Sunday, April, 22, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - News
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Bodies of Minnesota couple, 2 Germans retrieved from Italian cruise wreck
The remains of elderly American and German couples who died when the Costa Concordia capsized near a Tuscan island have been identified, several weeks after the bodies were found in the wreck of the cruise ship, Italian authorities said Tuesday.
Tuesday, April, 17, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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The remains of elderly American and German couples who died when the Costa Concordia capsized near a Tuscan island have been identified, several weeks after the bodies were found in the wreck of the cruise ship, Italian authorities said Tuesday.
Tuesday, April, 17, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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Minnesota denies jobless benefits for fired Senate staffer
Michael Brodkorb was fired in December soon after Majority Leader Amy Koch resigned her leadership post. Brodkorb's attorneys say they will try to prove he was treated differently as a man who had an affair with a female superior.
Friday, April, 13, 2012 - - News
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Michael Brodkorb was fired in December soon after Majority Leader Amy Koch resigned her leadership post. Brodkorb's attorneys say they will try to prove he was treated differently as a man who had an affair with a female superior.
Friday, April, 13, 2012 - - News
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Ex-pastor in court today for sex charges
A former Lutheran pastor in Lake George, Minn., southwest of Bemidji near Itasca State Park, faces an omnibus court hearing today in Park Rapids on 15 counts of criminal sexual conduct involving a minor.
Monday, April, 09, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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A former Lutheran pastor in Lake George, Minn., southwest of Bemidji near Itasca State Park, faces an omnibus court hearing today in Park Rapids on 15 counts of criminal sexual conduct involving a minor.
Monday, April, 09, 2012 - Forum Communications - News
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War over invasive species prevention spills into Minnesota courts
This may be the most contentious boating season yet in Minnesota’s two-decade fight over zebra mussels and other invasive species.
Sunday, April, 08, 2012 - Star Tribune (Minneapolis) - Outdoors
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This may be the most contentious boating season yet in Minnesota’s two-decade fight over zebra mussels and other invasive species.
Sunday, April, 08, 2012 - Star Tribune (Minneapolis) - Outdoors
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Big lottery winners often seek anonymity, lay low
The tiny Illinois farm town of Red Bud is the kind of place with few strangers and few secrets. Yet the community of 3,700 has a lingering mystery on its hands: Who bought the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, and why hasn’t the winner of the world-record $656 million jackpot come forward? Though secrecy surrounds the ticket sold at the MotoMart convenience store, lottery officials note it’s not unusual for winners to lay low — and those who advise them say it’s just plain smart.
Saturday, April, 07, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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The tiny Illinois farm town of Red Bud is the kind of place with few strangers and few secrets. Yet the community of 3,700 has a lingering mystery on its hands: Who bought the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, and why hasn’t the winner of the world-record $656 million jackpot come forward? Though secrecy surrounds the ticket sold at the MotoMart convenience store, lottery officials note it’s not unusual for winners to lay low — and those who advise them say it’s just plain smart.
Saturday, April, 07, 2012 - Associated Press - News
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