Posts Tagged ‘Star Tribune’

According to the Strib, debt collection lawsuits and default judgment filings are skyrocketing, and went up to more than 36,000 for 2007.
36,000!!! For crying out loud. That’s 3,000 per month! And those are just the lawsuits that actually get filed.
[via Consumer Rights Watch]
[photo: Star Tribune]

I just ran across Kelly Klein’s “Renting and the Law” column at the Star Tribune.
Klein does a good job of sitting on the fence and offering a fairly neutral evaluation of landlord-tenant issues.
In her December 13th column, Klein discussed the importance of communication and written agreements (and side agreements). In her December 21st column, she [...]

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On Friday, Carlos L. McAdory had the dubious distinction of being the first Minnesota resident sent to prison for life under the federal “three strikes and you’re out” law. McAdory had been previously convicted of aggravated assault on three different occasions, and was convicted for his role in a bar robbery ring that [...]

Star-Tribune: Self-described pagan alleges bias in lawsuit
KSTP (ABC): Former ‘Vampire’ companion sues district
WCCO (CBS): Impaler’s Ex Files Religious Discrimination Claim
KARE 11 (NBC): Self-proclaimed pagan claims she was fired due to bias

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