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			  <title><![CDATA[Bethel project is fined for erosion]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Work by Mortenson Construction for Bethel University caused sediment to discharge into wetlands and a lake. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Monday's Tip: Fighting for a free meal]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Fast food chain didn't honor its free meal promotion, tipster says. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Followup: Nuisance house gets cleanup orders ]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[After Tuesday's Tip caught the eye of Minneapolis inspectors, they took action. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Public record: Employee of supervised-living facility force-fed client]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[A woman with swallowing difficulties and limited communication skills was physically abused by staff, an investigation concluded. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Thursday's Tip: When new dishwashers go bad]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[There's a lemon law for cars. Why not for major appliances? ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Thu, 19, Nov 2009 10:41:57 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Public record: Scrap dealers ordered to clean up by EPA]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Companies couldn't document proper handling of ozone-depleting chemicals. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Wed, 18, Nov 2009 15:57:55 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Wednesday's Tip: a cricket in the soup]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[American consumers are conditioned to expect bug-free food, but is that a right? ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Wed, 18, Nov 2009 9:48:40 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Public record: Grand Marais lawyer suspended]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[A Grand Marais lawyer's license was indefinitely suspended for violating probation and engaging in other misconduct. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 17, Nov 2009 18:45:9 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Tuesday's Tip: Confronting a neighborhood nuisance]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Complaints about neighbors are some of the most common - and difficult - gripes.  ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Monday's Tip: Inmate feels fleeced]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Do you think this guy's complaints about a jail commissary are worthy of investigation? ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 17, Nov 2009 9:21:4 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Falling hunters prompt recall of Gander Mountain tree stands]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[About 13,000 Chinese-made stands were recalled because of defective clasps.  ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Followup: first guilty plea in real estate scam]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Shelley Milless acknowledged colluding with her husband to evade taxes in a mortgage scheme. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Wed, 11, Nov 2009 9:49:28 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Cub Foods will change sign after juice-buyer complains]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[The false promise of $1.09 frozen OJ was a mistake, not a bait-and-switch, grocery chain says. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 10, Nov 2009 15:20:32 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Followup: Boy's transportation no longer fouled up  ]]></title>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Finger-pointing and personal responsibility]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[It's a common refrain: This isn't a Whistleblower story! Here's why I disagree.  ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Did Wayzata schools cross the line between informing and lobbying?]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[A pre-recorded message on the eve of a school funding referendum went too far for at least one voter. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Thu, 5, Nov 2009 9:44:0 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Yes, you still don't need a photo ID for voting]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[It's a perennial question among fraud-wary voters, but elections staff only ask for photo ID during registration. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 3, Nov 2009 16:28:23 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Electioneering law: stay 100 feet away, but yell all you want]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Someone was shouting from a streetcorner in St. Paul about instant runoff voting. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 3, Nov 2009 14:5:28 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Voter wonders, did my first choice on the ballot count?]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Can you just choose one selection and ignore the 2nd and 3rd choices? ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 3, Nov 2009 12:54:52 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Minneapolis voters, what did you think of those newfangled ballots?]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Befuddled? Bedazzled? Sound off about the new world of electing your leaders with ranked choice voting. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 3, Nov 2009 10:35:0 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Tell us about your troubles at the polls]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Whistleblower wants to know whether our election machine was ready for your exercise in democracy.  ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 3, Nov 2009 7:29:14 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Psychologist uses dangerous therapies; homeless family gets help]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Whistleblower looks into the discipline of a psychologist. Readers respond to the Smithers family. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Mon, 2, Nov 2009 12:56:28 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[The Halloween horror show you don't want, courtesy of your federal government]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns about what happens when trick-or-treating goes bad. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Fri, 30, Oct 2009 15:22:33 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Whistleblower returns to the polls on Tuesday]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[This election day may lack the electricity of last year's, but we still want to hear about ballot malfunctions. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Thu, 29, Oct 2009 11:8:57 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Real estate scheme lands man in federal trouble]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Now Tim Beliveau can try to prove that he's "not this person they're making me out to be." ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 27, Oct 2009 11:51:24 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Fired bus driver's appeal left by the wayside]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[A Jefferson Lines bus driver was fired after being involved in three preventable accidents and repeatedly leaving customers behind at bus stops, according to a labor grievance denied by the Bureau of Mediation Services this month. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Would you want this parked in your driveway?]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[A Monticello homeowner learns contractor lessons the hard way. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Mon, 26, Oct 2009 12:14:39 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Crackdown on home health care agency follows Fox9 investigation]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[The attorney general accuses Ometta Vent Care Services of defrauding taxpayers, failing to provide nurses. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Thu, 22, Oct 2009 11:32:23 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Caught on camera: workers risking their lives]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[State OSHA inspectors display a gallery of embarassing work site violations. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Wed, 21, Oct 2009 10:59:35 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[We're not ice scraper-wielding maniacs, bus drivers say]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Metro Transit bus drivers say they're glad the safety issue is getting some attention. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 20, Oct 2009 11:47:4 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Whistleblower goes on the air Tuesday at 8:05 a.m.]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Tune in to Pat Reusse on KSTP AM 1500 for what we hope will be a regular visit. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Mon, 19, Oct 2009 17:45:58 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA["Municipal problem" on Como Avenue in environmental limbo]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[The former Joe Baker Auto Service is among more than 15,000 petroleum spill sites statewide. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Federal inspectors go after pools and Cheerios as part of regulatory crackdown ]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports a new assertiveness by consumer protection agencies under Obama. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Father of mentally ill man gets his son to the hospital]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, a state House committee takes up how government responds to people with mental health crises. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Tales of melted siding and  transportation foul-ups]]></title>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Readers weigh in Woodbury homes getting fried by their neighbors' windows. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Mon, 12, Oct 2009 13:44:0 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Fri, 9, Oct 2009 12:55:13 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Thu, 8, Oct 2009 10:31:49 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Web sites like ripoffreport.com and complaintsboard.com offer a megaphone for the disaffected, but they're not investigative reporting ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Wed, 7, Oct 2009 13:53:54 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Tue, 6, Oct 2009 9:17:48 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Mon, 5, Oct 2009 10:17:15 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[You name a high-profile company or institution. I'll bet it's been fined for something.  ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Fri, 2, Oct 2009 13:15:42 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[The beauty business is frizzy over the "diversion" of hairspray, styling gel, conditioner... ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Thu, 1, Oct 2009 10:40:54 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Now hospitals in Indiana, Alabama and Minnesota have paid up to settle a whistleblower lawsuit ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 29, Sep 2009 17:57:41 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Thu, 29, Oct 2009 16:21:57 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Mon, 28, Sep 2009 15:54:16 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Sat, 26, Sep 2009 12:41:46 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Fri, 25, Sep 2009 9:56:34 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Work-at-home scams often use endorsements to create a false sense of security. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Wed, 23, Sep 2009 12:24:46 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[A procedural mistake sinks Abercrombie & Fitch's appeal of a penalty for discriminating against an autistic customer.   ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Tue, 22, Sep 2009 11:45:53 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Yes, I've heard you, and so have members of Congress, who are flogging banks on overdraft fees.  ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Mon, 21, Sep 2009 15:22:2 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[A call to the state is grounds for firing, and a family in bankruptcy tries in vain to give up their house ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Mon, 21, Sep 2009 10:56:57 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Thu, 17, Sep 2009 11:29:56 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[As our volume of tips increases, we lay down some ground rules. ]]></description>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Update: no help for Minnesota men after Canadian caribou hunt ran into civil unrest ]]></title>
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			  <pubDate>Wed, 16, Sep 2009 9:19:32 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Refunds are elusive for the caribou hunt that wasn't and the vanity license plate that was already taken ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Mon, 14, Sep 2009 13:44:18 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Be on the lookout for: phony lawyers, phony government officials, phony bankers...  ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Fri, 11, Sep 2009 15:41:37 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Convicted scam artist Jim Vitale is the highlight of a documentary-style video warning people against fraudulent telemarketers.  ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Thu, 10, Sep 2009 12:9:47 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[The $115K fine for Abercrombie & Fitch was the state Department of Human Rights' "Case of the Month."  ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Wed, 9, Sep 2009 11:15:23 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Tue, 8, Sep 2009 11:45:57 CST</pubDate>
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			  <pubDate>Fri, 4, Sep 2009 9:57:48 CST</pubDate>
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			  <title><![CDATA[Evidence of the manure puddle remains ]]></title>
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			  <pubDate>Wed, 2, Sep 2009 12:7:59 CST</pubDate>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Relief from those incessant calls about your car warranty expiring could come Tuesday, thanks to new FTC rules. ]]></description>
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			  <description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Groves pled guilty to harrassing his neighbors by keying their Range Rover and smearing feces on their property. ]]></description>
			  <pubDate>Fri, 28, Aug 2009 10:49:7 CST</pubDate>
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