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Hennepin Co. contracts
Hennepin Co. commissioner voted for contracts tied to wife's law firm
Hennepin County commissioner has voted on contracts tied to wife’s law firm. Updated Jun. 17, 2013
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Scratch tickets power State Lottery to record sales
The much-hyped and addictive games will rake in $358 million this year; some worry they hurt the poor. Updated Jun. 17, 2013
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Interactive: Young victims of gun violence in Minnesota
116 youths died in Minnesota between 2001 and 2012.
Full story Full story Updated May. 22, 2013
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Costly Lessons: Price of Special Education in Minnesota
An occasional series examining special education in Minnesota’s public schools, where the sharp increase in students who have serious disabilities has brought soaring costs, profound challenges and often controversial new methods for educating them.
Full story Full story Updated Jun. 18, 2013
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Young and Armed: The scourge of teen gun violence
A river of guns flows through poor urban neighborhoods in the Twin Cities and across the country, guns that constantly swap hands, guns from a shadowy marketplace that's hard for investigators to shut down, guns that are cheap, plentiful and ever more deadly.
Full story Full story Updated Apr. 8, 2013
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Paying for prep sports
There’s a reason a handful of schools from affluent suburbs, or well-endowed private schools, are winning an inordinate number of state team championships. Schools enjoying the most athletic success generally have booster organizations and corporate sponsors that are providing programs with the resources to succeed.
Full story Full story Updated May. 29, 2013
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The Day-Care Threat
The number of children dying in Minnesota's licensed child-care facilities has risen sharply in the past five years, from incidents that include asphyxia, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and unexplained causes.
Full story Full story Updated Jun. 5, 2013
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Continuing series: Frac Sand Fever
Frac Sand Fever is a periodic Star Tribune series on the sand mining boom in Minnesota and Wisconsin as "hydro-fracking'' revolutionizes the nation's oil and gas industry.
Full story Full story Updated Jun. 16, 2013
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The Vanishing Prairie series
"The Vanishing Prairie'' is a Star Tribune series examining the way that agriculture is profoundly transforming the landscape of the Upper Midwest and its valuable native ecosystems.
Full story Full story Updated Apr. 16, 2013
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Schooled – Tutors Profit as Kids Fail
A billion-dollar tutoring program is failing the poorest students at America's worst schools. In Minnesota, unfit vendors got second chances.
Full story Full story Updated Jun. 18, 2012
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Discipline deferred
Dozens of doctors have benefitted from the non-punitive approach of Minnesota's Board of Medical Practice, which often shies away from punishing doctors who harm patients.
Full story Full story Updated Feb. 6, 2012
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Seattle Times: In Washington state, government wastes millions to indefinitely lock up 280 sex offenders.
Columbus Dispatch: Domestic silence: the truth about abuse in Ohio.
Minnesota Public Radio: Minnesota: Weak on Bullying.
The New York Times: Federal regulators go easy on problems at aging nuclear power plants .
Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Inside Florida's insurance nightmare (2011 Pulitzer winner) .
The Washington Post: The Hidden Life of Guns.
Los Angeles Times: Public officials enrich themselves in California town (2011 Pulitzer winner).
Las Vegas Sun: Do No Harm: Surgical mishaps and preventable injuries plague Las Vegas hospitals.
Chicago Tribune: Deadly Neglect: How 13 children and young adults died at troubled group home.
Bloomberg: Education Inc. - For-profit colleges become $30 billion industry by targeting the vulnerable.
CNN: Investigating misconduct within the FBI.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Cashing in on Kids: Child-care scams in Wisconsin.
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times: Under the Radar: How a fake charity collected millions by exploiting Navy veterans .
Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald: In Haiti, sexual exploitation of children rises after earthquake.
New York Times: The Burger That Shattered Her Life; Minnesota woman left paralyzed by tainted beef.
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