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• Justices fume over MN Supreme Court ruling on sexual harassment case
  The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected the argument that if an employer's sexually explicit behavior is extended to both women and men in the workplace, it's not sexual harassment under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.May 22, 2013
• FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
  The shooting early Wednesday took place in Orlando, Fla.May 22, 2013
• 2nd teen pleads guilty in Mpls. boy's death
  A second teenager has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a 5-year-old boy who was killed by a stray bullet in north Minneapolis.May 21, 2013
• In 'The Yellow Birds,' veteran highlights emotional hardships of Iraq war
  Kevin Powers discusses his new book and how writing it helped him process and cope with his time in the Middle East.The Daily Circuit, May 21, 2013
• Gun-control efforts failed at the Legislature, despite Newtown
  The school shootings in Newtown, Conn., created hope among gun-control advocates in Minnesota and elsewhere. But the hopes did not translate into law.The Daily Circuit, May 21, 2013
• Mpls. park shooter gets jail, probation
  A man who fired numerous gunshots in a Minneapolis park where children were playing has been sentenced to a year in jail and eight years of probation.May 21, 2013
• Dru Sjodin case: Hearing scheduled in appeal
  Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., of Crookston, Minn., was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty of raping, beating and stabbing Dru Sjodin of Pequot Lakes, Minn., in 2003.May 21, 2013
• Toddler stabbed in Rochester has died
  Three-year-old Xavier Njemanze had been undergoing therapy at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb., for injuries he suffered when he was stabbed at his mother's home last winter.May 21, 2013
• Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
  It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. Which raises the question: When is it OK for a wunderkind to drop out of school?May 21, 2013
• Legislature approves investment in all-day kindergarten
  A look at education measures passed by the Legislature.The Daily Circuit, May 20, 2013
• Let's learn the lessons of education reform at last, author says
  Education, says an author, is doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. Crazy?The Daily Circuit, May 20, 2013
• Outgoing Justice Anderson is glad Legislature, not courts, made call on marriage
  Preparing to retire from the Minnesota Supreme Court, Anderson says the court is often not the best place for decisions to be made.The Daily Circuit, May 20, 2013
• Mixed reaction to al-Shabab sentences
  Wide-ranging sentences handed down in the yearslong federal investigation into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab have kindled a mix of outrage, confusion and relief among members of Minnesota's large Somali community.May 20, 2013
• 'Copyright trolls' target Minnesotans, accusing them of stealing online porn
  Imagine you're accused of illegally downloading a pornographic video. Whether you actually did or not, you now face a demand to pay several thousand dollars to settle the matter. Or you could pay the legal costs of a court battle and have the allegations made public.May 20, 2013
• Mpls. schools to revive autonomy plan amid mixed results in US
  In the latest effort to boost student performance, the Minneapolis school district wants to give more autonomy to individual schools. Under the effort schools would have discretion over budgeting, hiring, scheduling and curriculum.May 20, 2013

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