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• Minnesota soybean farmers remain frustrated with Brazil
  This year for the first time Brazil will export more soybeans than the United States. The country's maintained a longstanding ban on genetically modified soybeans. But industry experts say as much as a quarter of Brazil's crop is produced from illegal GMO seed. The situation has caused frustration among American producers.November 11, 2003
• IBM cancer suit heads to trial in California
  The first of what could be hundreds of civil trials involving computer maker IBM begins next week in California. Former employees and relatives of deceased workers filed the suits. They contend that years spent working at IBM resulted in cancer, birth defects, and other ailments. So far suits are pending in at least four states including Minnesota.October 31, 2003
• How to control spam and other computer questions
  Spam, the mark of fly-by-night companies, increasingly is being deployed by much more established firms. Geek Squad® chief Robert Stephens stops by Midmorning to offer tips on countering unwanted email and answer your other digital questions.October 29, 2003
• What you can do to feel more secure
  Security measures at airports, in our offices and on the internet are supposed to protect us from harm, but do they really? An expert in security technology says we all need to understand the limits of elaborate measures and look to simple solutions.September 29, 2003
• Lawson Software announces layoffs; looks to move jobs to India
  Lawson Software, one of the biggest employers in downtown St. Paul, has laid off five percent of its workforce. Lawson says the layoffs are mostly the result of business reorganization, as the company shifts to focus on particular areas where software development is most in demand. But there may be layoffs in store. Lawson also says over the next two years it plans to join the growing number of software companies moving jobs to India.September 22, 2003
• The Voice on the Wire: Internet telephone calls create regulatory confusion
  A small but growing number of Minnesotans are ditching their telephone company to make calls over the Internet. "Voice Over I.P." technology, known as "VoIP", is most popular on the east and west coasts, but its use is spreading. The rapid growth is partly because VoIP is largely unregulated. Minnesota regulators are the first to try to rein in the new technology.September 21, 2003
• Teenage hacker says government exaggerated case
  A Minnesota teenager charged with modifying a version of the Internet worm that crippled computer networks worldwide returned to high school this week, and said the government has exaggerated its case against him.September 3, 2003
• Feds make an example of teenage hacker
  A Hopkins high school student faces a maximum 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for re-working and spreading a copy-cat computer worm. Jeffrey Lee Parson, 18, was arrested Friday morning and made an initial appearance in federal court that afternoon. At the hearing, a judge ordered Parson released on $25,000 bond. He's restricted to his parents' home and cannot have access to computers or the Internet.August 29, 2003
• The Blaster worm explained
  The computer worm Jeffrey Parson is accused of releasing represents just one of several attacks Internet users have been alerted to in recent weeks. Parson's creation wasn't even an original. But computer security experts say even as a variant of the Blaster worm, it had plenty of potential to frustrate computer users.August 29, 2003
• Power blackout: weakness in the grid?
  Power outtages in major cities in the U.S. and Canada sent waves of people into the streets, paralyzed transportation and left people wondering what happened.August 15, 2003
• The cost of phones in the forest
  Dozens of lake home owners will have to wait for phone lines in the woods north of Tofte. The phone company Qwest says phone lines could cost up to $45,000 for some homes. State regulators say that's too much.August 7, 2003
• Internet warning
  The federal Homeland Security Department warns of a possible internet attack in the near future that could cause significant damage. But there's a possible solution to a flaw in Microsoft's file-sharing software.August 5, 2003
• DFL files complaint with campaign finance board over Pawlenty business ties
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty's relationship to a pay phone company may get a closer look from the state's top campaign finance officials. The chairman of the Minnesota DFL Party on Friday filed a complaint against Pawlenty with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. The complaint says Pawlenty may have knowingly falsified campaign finance information to hide his income from Access Anywhere.July 25, 2003
• Minnesotans slammed by New Access
  New Access Communications has drawn customer complaints from Minnesotans similar to complaints in other states which led to regulatory fines. Gov. Tim Pawlenty had connections to the Minneapolis-based telephone company while he served in the Legislature. New Access officials say the vast majority of their customers are satisfied despite consumer protection settlements in three states and an ongoing investigation in Minnesota by Attorney General Mike Hatch.July 21, 2003
• Pawlenty associate resigns in telecom dispute
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty's former campaign manager quit his Commerce Department job after DFLers vowed to investigate the roles the governor and other top Republicans played in a telecommunications company accused of cheating consumers in seven states. Timothy Commers also said he had not compromised the interests of Minnesota consumers.July 15, 2003

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