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The gun owner next door

Bob Collins December 26, 2012, 1:10 PM Dec 26, 2012

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Do you have a right to know if your neighbors owns a gun?

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Can a jealous wife force a husband to fire an employee?

Bob Collins December 21, 2012, 3:41 PM Dec 21, 2012

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If a wife suspects her husband is having an inappropriate relationship with one of his female employees, is it legal to fire the female employee even if there’s no evidence f an affair?

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The reviews are in for the NRA news conference

Bob Collins December 21, 2012, 10:34 AM Dec 21, 2012

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Given the lack of much new emanating from today’s long-awaited National Rifle Association news conference reacting to last Friday’s Connecticut massacre, Twitter’s 140 character limit seems like the perfect vehicle for reviewing it.

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The streets of Woodbury (continued)

Bob Collins December 20, 2012, 10:57 AM Dec 20, 2012

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A police call that gives new meaning to the classic line, ‘Come and get me, copper.’

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When kids are kids

Bob Collins December 18, 2012, 2:05 PM Dec 18, 2012

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Kids doing stupid things make the job of being a school official harder than ever.

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The streets of Woodbury

Bob Collins December 17, 2012, 11:42 AM Dec 17, 2012

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The local police blotter has always been something from which I can’t look away. Particularly in smaller towns, there’s no better way to get the temperature of a community.

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Court: Judge can’t order jury to reach a verdict

Bob Collins December 17, 2012, 10:46 AM Dec 17, 2012

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Maybe you’ve seen the TV crime episode when a jury is hopelessly deadlocked but the judge tells them they have to reach a verdict.

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If a cop says ‘get out of the car,’ get out of the car

Bob Collins December 10, 2012, 11:21 AM Dec 10, 2012

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The Minnesota Court of Appeals rejects a constitutional challenge in a drunk-driving case.

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Is there something about Grand Marais?

Bob Collins December 6, 2012, 2:08 PM Dec 6, 2012

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Older men and younger girls.

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Court to deadbeat dad: Stop having kids

Bob Collins December 4, 2012, 4:06 PM Dec 4, 2012

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Can courts require people not to get pregnant?

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In matters of guilt and innocence, getting it right is time well spent

Bob Collins December 4, 2012, 1:08 PM Dec 4, 2012

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Releasing Ryan Larson doesn’t mean he didn’t do it. It doesn’t mean he did do it. It means the justice system works.

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The lost story in Kansas City

Bob Collins December 1, 2012, 11:04 AM Dec 1, 2012

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How much do we elevate the importance of professional football players? A tragedy in Kansas City today provides an answer.

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The unanswerable questions in Cold Spring

Bob Collins November 30, 2012, 12:21 PM Nov 30, 2012

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I want to make things all better for four kids in Cold Spring today and, of course, I can’t. I don’t know what to do and I recoil at the notion that there’s nothing any of us can do but cry out and move on.

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