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Medicare fraudsters swindle millions from the feds

Hospitals, doctors, and drug dealers have made Medicare the nation's sweetest crime, but the feds are trying to shutter the door

Mpls has been overreporting rapes to feds; MPD officials had good rea$on to

If you judged by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, you'd think Minneapolis has been the national leader in "forcible rapes" (it's a real statistical category, not just the brainchild of Paul Ryan) since 2007.SEE ALSO: Minneapolis guns incidents, violent crime crept up in 2012 But you shouldn't judge ... More >>

Bachmann doesn't back down from Muslim Brotherhood "deep penetration" accusation [VIDEO]

In July, Michele Bachmann took heavy criticism for demanding that feds investigate the Muslin Brotherhood's alleged "deep penetration" into the U.S. Government. She provided little evidence other than to assert that the family of Huma Abedin, a deputy chief of staff for Secretary of State Hillary Cl ... More >>

America's Petro-Terrorists

Wall Street and Washington conspire to destabilize the U.S. economy, one barrel of oil at a time

Michele Bachmann "white baby" quote is fake

Bachmann's quote blamed Obama for the Casey Anthony verdict​Michele Bachmann raised eyebrows last week with her comment blaming President Barack Obama for the Casey Anthony verdict. "Well, I've been visiting all the primary states, and I've been talking to people, and people all over the place a ... More >>

The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

Westlaw rises to legal publishing fame by selling free information

St. Paul company outprofits Gannett, McGraw Hill, New York Times

Guantanamo's final days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp and Jihad looms

Crossing Borders

The agent who ordered the arrest of "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui joins a law firm known for its aggressive defense of immigrant rights

Trials and Stribulations

Staffs gutted. Secrets stolen. A traitorous publisher forced to defend his actions in court. The future has never looked bleaker for the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press.

The Human Shield

John Delmonico defends those who serve and protect. Whether they deserve it or not.

Little Earth releases video of MPD incident

Rybak's lawful assembly

Toward a one-newspaper town: And then there were three

Zerby slides toward sunset

Rove/Plame: What does Judy know?

Land of 10,000 Felons

Meth use and harsher sentences are putting more Minnesotans in prison

How's He Doing?

In just eight months, chief Bill McManus has alienated the media, the pols, and the MPD rank and file. He must be doing something right.

An October Surprise for Bush and the FBI?

FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds talks about her case --and hints at a forthcoming scandal

Hit the Road, Juan

Why is Montgomery, Minnesota, dislocating Latino residents?

There Goes the Neighborhood

Allina signs on to the Sears complex; McManus takes oath

Moose in a China Shop

A celebrity candidate joins the race for the MPD chief's job

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Why mayor Rybak is loathed on the north side

Behind Closed Doors

Stephen Porter may have been humiliated and abused by cops. Or he may be the best thing that's happened to the MPD in a long time.

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You

Waiting to resolve a complaint against Minneapolis cops? Take a number

Addicted To Drug Court

The Good News and the Bad News: Hennepin County’s drug court has cleared court dockets and steered a lot of people toward treatment. It’s also allowed the county to push thousands more casual offenders into the corrections system.

Stupid Sentencing Tricks

A Minnesota judge is targeted for speaking out against federal drug-sentencing guidelines

Crazy

The sad, strange case of Darren Odell and the sorry state of our insanity laws

The Two Jills

Why a pair of white women lawyers are taking the fight over federal mediation to the courts

Dragnet

A new computer database system called CriMNet is supposed to revolutionize crime fighting in Minnesota. Cops, politicians, big business, and the media love it.

State of the City

Minneapolis pols draw lines, choose sides

Waiting for Chief Olson

Federal mediation is delayed; this is a recording...

Best Buy

The most powerful radio and concert chain hires the most powerful man in local dance music. For Clear Channel and Rich Best, it's business as usual.

Eating For Two

Hannibal equates the viewer with its own insatiable hunger artist

Off the Hook

Connect people’s phones? Respond to customer complaints? Abide by state rules? Please. A brave new U S West can’t be bothered with trivial details.

Life of the Party

Death in the mines. Hunger marches. An FBI spy on every block. Minnesota's daughters of the revolution can tell you about it all. But first, have some coffee cake.

They're "The Man"

Staffers at General Security see their ankle-bracelet-wearing charges when they're sleeping, and they know when they're awake

Bump and Grind

An urban design trend rattles tempers and suspensions

Remembering Matthew

In the wake of a Wyoming man's murder, the Twin Cities and the nation respond

Gang of Four

The continuing travails of Karen Finley--performance artist, free-speech test case, and professional pariah

Bubba Head

There is a certain poetic justice in seeing the president who made Family Values the central theme of his re-election brought low by his own reckless philandering.

Will They Ever Learn?

Polls show that a majority of swing voters disapprove of Janet Reno's decision not to seek an outside prosecutor for Donorgate. That's bad news for the liberals who keep pooh-poohing the corruption issue.

Jokers Wild

Gambling-rich tribes opposing a casino in Hudson--including the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota and the Mille Lacs Chippewa--hired heavy-hitting lobbyist Patrick O'Connor, who personally spoke to the president about the matter at a fundraiser in Minneapolis.

Friends of Al

Alumni of the Gore campaign money machine include an Energy Department staffer who turned the department's multibillion-dollar toxic-waste cleanup fund into a political pork barrel.

The Pulp Parachute: How Louisiana-Pacific Got Paid To Destroy the Tongass

Friends of Webb

Clinton and the Cuban Fixer

Ken & Vince

For Services Rendered

Atun Alba:

Cocaine, Tuna, and Free Trade