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• Two business leaders take stand in Petters trial
  Jurors in the fraud trial of Tom Petters heard damaging testimony Friday from two prominent business leaders who did business with Petters.November 13, 2009
• Woman who caused lockdown at college used different name
  A woman who police said falsely reported seeing a man with a gun at Saint Paul College was using another woman's name to attend school, police said Friday.November 13, 2009
• Jacobs, Deikel tell of trouble dealing with Petters
  Two prominent Minnesota businessmen testified Friday morning at the fraud trial of Tom Petters, who is accused of orchestrating a multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme.November 13, 2009
• Brother: Minn. terror suspect being scapegoated
  A Somali man arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly financing Islamic terrorists didn't show signs of extremist leanings and was so strapped for cash he couldn't scrape together enough money to bring his new wife from Somalia to the U.S.November 13, 2009
• White collar criminals recount their misdeeds
  Organized in the wake of Bernie Madoff, Petters Group Worldwide and other fraud cases, an event at the University of St. Thomas Thursday night featured four convicted white collar criminals, who explained their misdeeds.November 13, 2009
• Woman sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for infant's death
  A woman who backed a minivan over a tent at a southern Minnesota campground and killed a baby is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison.November 13, 2009
• Group calls for judge to resign over inappropriate remarks
  A court watchdog group has demanded the resignation of Hennepin County Judge Stephen Aldrich, after the judge allegedly made a joke about murder during a hearing on a domestic violence restraining order.November 12, 2009
• Databases one effort to fight criminal gang activity
  An effort to hear from the public on the scandal surrounding the now-defunct Metro Gang Strike Force will release its findings Thursday and two groups say using databases is one way of keeping track of criminal gang activity.November 12, 2009
• Woman charged with DWI following police chase
  A drunk driver led West Hennepin police on a dangerous chase with her two children in the back seat and an open bottle of rum in a diaper bag on Thursday, according to police.November 11, 2009
• Officials rule dead man found in truck a homicide
  Law enforcement officials are investigating an apparent homicide, after finding a dead man inside a vehicle in Washington County on Tuesday.November 11, 2009
• Man fatally stabs mugger on Minneapolis Greenway
  A man who was being mugged by two teenagers while walking on the Greenway bike and walking path in Minneapolis on Saturday pulled out a knife and fatally stabbed one of them, authorities said.November 11, 2009
• 2 RNC protesters sentenced for tossing road sign
  A judge has sentenced two Wisconsin women to community service for throwing a road sign off a freeway bridge in St. Paul on the first day of the 2008 Republican National Convention.November 11, 2009
• Authorities seize $100,000 in counterfeit goods in Duluth
  Police and U.S. Customs officials have seized about $100,000 worth of counterfeit purses and designer clothing from three stores in Duluth.November 11, 2009
• Accountant says Petters lied, cheated on taxes
  An accountant who worked for businessman Tom Petters says Petters cheated on his taxes, misled investors, and used company money to pay for homes and other personal expenses.November 10, 2009
• Arrest by Dutch officials tied to missing Minnesota men
  The FBI has confirmed that a recent arrest by Dutch officials is related to the investigation of about 20 Minnesota men who are thought to have traveled to Somalia to fight.November 10, 2009

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