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A chaotic night Tuesday in downtown Minneapolis included fights, injuries and arrests. Police say it all began with a large group of teens who used mass transit to travel downtown with the intention of causing trouble. The group of young people fought amongst themselves and blocked traffic near Nicollet Mall amid St. Patrick's Day celebrations. View raw Chopper 5 video of the scene here. The disturbance was widespread and included the areas between 3rd and 8th streets, and Marquette and Hennepin avenues. Additional police officers were called in to restore order. They arrested as many as six people, and used...

BOSTON — Documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal the husband of the Alabama professor accused of gunning down three colleagues once said he wanted violent revenge on a doctor who gave his wife a bad job review. (snip) Investigative files released Tuesday show that Bishop and her husband, James Anderson, were questioned in 1993 in the attempted mail bombing of Dr. Paul Rosenberg of Boston's Children's Hospital. (snip) The files show Anderson told a witness he wanted to get back at Rosenberg by shooting, bombing, stabbing or strangling him. The couple were never charged. The Boston Globe first reported...

A child porn possession charge lodged against a Department of Industrial Accidents investigator fired for having smut on his state-issued laptop has been dismissed because experts concluded he was unwittingly spammed. “The overall forensics of the laptop suggest that it had been compromised by a virus,” said Jake Wark, spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley. Nationally recognized computer forensic analyst Tami Loehrs told the Herald Michael Fiola’s ordeal was “one of the most horrific cases I’ve seen.” Loehrs, who spent a month dissecting the computer for the defense, explained in a 30-page report that the laptop was running corrupted...

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Would you like to support our troops? Please consider "adopting" a soldier by writing them letters and sending them packages. You can do so at www.operationmilitarysupport.com. We adopted a 22-year-old Marine who is stationed near Fallujah. We have exchanged several letters with him and have sent a couple of packages so far. In his first letter to us, he wrote, "Thank you for taking the time to support the troops. It is a great encouragement to know people appreciate what we are fighting and dying for." In his latest letter, he said that he knows another Marine who is not...

My husband and I watched the last 15 minutes of Survivor last night and saw the drama unfold as Michael passed out over the fire and was seriously burned and evacuated. The episode ended with the Farmer dude praying as the tribe held hands around the campfire that night.They announced that Michael would be on the Early Show on CBS this morning, so I turned it on just in time to hear Michael say that he had been scheduled for surgery, and that he was suddenly and miraculously healed!!! He said he now believes in a higher power, that his ...

Calling all Minnesota Freepers! Albore will be in Minneapolis tonight, Saturday, at 8:00 pm at Nicollet Mall and 5th Street. According to the Strib, there will be a gated area that requires a ticket to get in, but we can freep from outside.Anyone want to meet around 7:00 pm to freep the veep? Anyone have any good sign ideas??

I freeped him up-close and personal! I stayed home as I wasn't feeling well, but my desire to freep overtook me and I headed out to the school he was visiting. I got there about 9:00 and saw his motorcade go around the block, so I didn't get to freep him on his way in. But I waited around till noon and figured out what street he'd be heading out on. While I was waiting for a couple hours, I got to chat with some people a little. A lot of people were like, "Look, there's a protester," "She has ...

I freeped him up-close and personal! I stayed home as I wasn't feeling well, but my desire to freep overtook me and I headed out to the school he was visiting. I got there about 9:00 and saw his motorcade go around the block, so I didn't get to freep him on his way in. But I waited around till noon and figured out what street he'd be heading out on. While I was waiting for a couple hours, I got to chat with some people a little. A lot of people were like, "Look, there's a protester," "She has ...

I freeped him up-close and personal! I stayed home as I wasn't feeling well, but my desire to freep overtook me and I headed out to the school he was visiting. I got there about 9:00 and saw his motorcade go around the block, so I didn't get to freep him on his way in. But I waited around till noon and figured out what street he'd be heading out on. While I was waiting for a couple hours, I got to chat with some people a little. A lot of people were like, "Look, there's a protester," "She has ...

Hey, fellow freepers! I had a chance to freep the Creep in St. Paul tonight. I hurried home from class, made a sign, and managed to drag my husband with me to the St. Paul Hotel. My sign said "Jail to the Chief" on one side and on the other I had this list: Kidnap (Elian), Rape (Juanita), Murder (Vince, Ron, WACO), Treason (China). We went to the front of the hotel where all the press were along with about 50 people waiting to see the Creep. I stood right by the Channel 5 camera crew so I could get ...