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• Man's request to remove conviction denied
  We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older -- and are taking few steps to get ready.April 24, 2013
• Boston bomb investigation extends to Russia
  New information emerged Wednesday from U.S. officials that the name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had been added to a U.S. government terrorist database long before the explosions.April 24, 2013
• FBI shares shooting response tips
  The FBI's Minneapolis division is talking with state and local law officers about lessons the bureau has learned in active shooting situations around the country -- with the goal of helping first responders be ready for anything.April 24, 2013
• 4 arrested in St. Cloud cab robbery
  Police have arrested a 19-year-old man and three juveniles after a cab driver was robbed in St. Cloud.April 24, 2013
• The how and where of sex trafficking in Minnesota
  "Prostitution is not the world's oldest profession. It is the world's oldest oppression," says Vednita Carter, the founder and executive director of Breaking Free, a nonprofit for victims and survivors of prostitution. A conference in St. Paul will focus on the effort to help women and girls escape prostitution and human trafficking.The Daily Circuit, April 24, 2013
• NYT reporter Scott Shane and Walter Mondale speak on counter-terrorism, drones, secrecy and power
  New York Times national security correspondent Scott Shane and former Vice President Walter Mondale discuss torture, drones, secrecy and the accountability of power in a democracy. The event was held April 23, 2013 at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School.Minnesota Public Radio News Presents, April 24, 2013
• 2nd Miss. man investigated in ricin case
  Law enforcement officials searched the home of a second Mississippi man in connection to ricin-laced letters sent to the president and a U.S. senator after charges were dropped without explanation against a man arrested in the case last week.April 24, 2013
• Captured in Nicaragua, US child porn suspect left trail in Minnesota
  Investigators say Eric Justin Toth's five-year run as a fugitive began when he was fired from his teaching job at a prestigious private school in Washington after being confronted about images of child pornography taken with a school camera in the man's possession. It ended over the weekend.April 24, 2013
• Police: 6-year-old calls 911, ends assault
  A criminal complaint says the boy's mother told his father he couldn't stay when he showed up at her house last weekend.April 24, 2013
• Bomb suspects may have learned terrorism online
  A team of American investigators planned to speak with the parents of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects in southern Russia. One line of inquiry involves how the brothers may have turned into militants and whether they may have learned their tactics online.The Daily Circuit, April 24, 2013
• Oil patch city suspends strip club booze
  Williston, N.D., city commissioners have suspended the liquor licenses of the city's two strip clubs in response to what police say are excessive calls for disorderly behavior.April 24, 2013
• Social media's rush to judgment in Boston bombings
  Last week, the New York Post ran a front page photo of two teenage runners falsely implying that they had something to do with the Boston Marathon backpack bombs. But they came to the public's attention after their images were scooped up and pored over by hundreds of online amateur sleuths.April 24, 2013
• Disparity of deaths by firearms shaped by race
  Research shows dramatic differences in the role that guns play in the deaths of white and black Minnesotans. African-Americans are much more likely to be killed by firearms than whites are in Minnesota. At the same time, whites are more likely than African-Americans to use guns to commit suicide.April 24, 2013
• Map: Permit to carry firearms
  This maps shows counts by county of currently valid permits from applications received May 2003 to December 2012 and valid on or before December 2012. MPR News calculated the number of permits per 1,000 residents.April 24, 2013
• Q&A: Why the anti-bullying bill faces opposition
  The Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act, A statewide anti-bullying bill, is awaiting a floor vote in the Minnesota House and moving its way through the Senate.April 24, 2013

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