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Randy Furst

Reporter | Minneapolis

Phone: 612-673-7382

Randy Furst is a general assignment reporter at the Star Tribune. He has been reporting almost exclusively on the Metro Gang Strike Force since April 2009.

Whistleblower: Time share rip-offs soaring

The feds put one time share resale operation out of business, but others are flourishing.

Updated: June 05, 2011, - 07:33 AM

Fallout from RNC lawsuits: $175,000 so far in settlements

Protesters say payments show police were out of control during the convention, but city reps say they show quite the opposite.

Updated: June 02, 2011, - 09:48 PM

U.S. Army won't let decorated officer resign

Capt. Sheree Gunderson has been trying to leave the service since August.

Updated: May 23, 2011, - 12:04 PM

Whistleblower: Unwanted call brings $683 bill

More than 300 complaints have been filed against a New York yellow pages publisher, which allegedly engaged in deceptive tactics. | Hard Data: downtick in serious legal trouble. |

Updated: May 16, 2011, - 12:05 PM

Unmasking Faribault's suicide nurse

Celia Blay tripped online over someone encouraging suicide. Scotland Yard was uninterested, but a St. Paul cop took the case.

Updated: May 08, 2011, - 10:37 PM

Judge to former nurse: 'You were ... soliciting people to die'

Judge gives former nurse 360-day sentence, $18,000 fine in suicide-chat case.

Updated: May 05, 2011, - 06:49 AM

Did shelter give pet away?

An Oakdale family traced their lost tabby to Caring for Cats, but the shelter says it won't get the pet back. | Minneapolis eatery food found in 'danger zone'

Updated: May 01, 2011, - 01:49 PM

Lake Street tenants spotted host of hazards before fire

The place was "a firetrap - and you can quote me on that," said Tom Stinchfield, who lived in the building for 17 years and apparently was one of the few tenants with a working smoke detector on the day of the fire.

Updated: April 25, 2011, - 05:14 PM

Mpls. units hit by fire not inspected in 16 years

The Lake Street blaze that killed six -- the deadliest Minneapolis fire in 24 years -- brings up questions about the city's fire inspection practices.

Updated: April 25, 2011, - 05:11 PM

Fire-code inspections under fire in Minneapolis

Inspectors who check for fire-code violations in Minneapolis report to two different agencies -- the Fire Department and Regulatory Services -- and some say training is inadequate.

Updated: April 21, 2011, - 02:45 PM