Amy Forliti

November 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

MINNEAPOLIS AP - Another man has been indicted on terrorism charges in a federal investigation into the recruitment of Minnesota Somalis to fight in Somalia.Omer Abdi Mohamed of Minneapolis is the seventh person to face charges in the case. He made a first court appearance Thursday on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure.

By AMY FORLITI

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July 18, 2008 | Law.com

Four Minnesota men who claim to belong to their own common law court where "Almighty Yahweh" has exclusive jurisdiction have been charged for allegedly trying to intimidate U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery in an effort to stop her from holding a criminal trial. The men were trying to stop the April trial of Robert Bonine Beale, the former millionaire chief executive of Comtrol Corp., who was subsequently convicted by a jury on conspiracy and tax evasion charges.

By Amy Forliti

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January 26, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

By Amy Forliti

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April 16, 2007 | Law.com

The St. Paul Pioneer Press has sued its former publisher, alleging he stole confidential data from the newspaper and shared it with the competition when he took a job at the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. The Pioneer Press claims Par Ridder -- son of Knight Ridder chairman Tony Ridder -- continued working at the newspaper in order to pass secrets onto Star Tribune executives, and copied information from his Pioneer Press laptop onto a Star Tribune computer.

By Amy Forliti

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May 21, 2009 | Daily Report Online

SLEEPY EYE, Minn. AP - The search for a Minnesota mother who fled with her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son to escape court-ordered chemotherapy has turned to Southern California after authorities received a tip.But the officials leading the search that continued Thursday acknowledged that Colleen Hauser and her son, Daniel, could already be in Mexico, possibly to seek treatment for his Hodgkin's lymphoma.

By AMY FORLITI

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August 03, 2010 | Daily Report Online

ST. PAUL, Minn. AP - A St. Paul man who insists he did everything he could to stop before his Toyota crashed into another vehicle, killing three people, got support Monday from witnesses who said the same thing happened to them.Koua Fong Lee, 32, is serving an eight-year prison sentence for multiple convictions related to the 2006 crash, including convictions on two counts of criminal vehicular homicide.

By AMY FORLITI

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October 08, 2008 | Daily Report Online

ST. PAUL, Minn. AP - Businessman Tom Petters was ordered to remain behind bars on Wednesday, with a judge deciding there was too great a risk the founder of Petters Group Worldwide would flee charges he defrauded investors of up to $3 billion over the last 14 years.After the judge's decision, Petters mouthed the words, "It's OK.

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI

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May 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW ULM, Minn. AP - Authorities nationwide were on the lookout Wednesday for a mother and her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son who fled after refusing the chemotherapy that doctors say could save the boy's life.Colleen Hauser and her son, Daniel, who has Hodgkin's lymphoma, apparently left their southern Minnesota home sometime after a doctor's appointment and court-ordered X-ray on Monday showed his tumor had grown.

By AMY FORLITI

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May 20, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW ULM, Minn. AP - Authorities nationwide were on the lookout Wednesday for a mother and her 13-year-old cancer-stricken son who fled after refusing the chemotherapy that doctors say could save the boy's life.Colleen Hauser and her son, Daniel, who has Hodgkin's lymphoma, apparently left their southern Minnesota home sometime after a doctor's appointment and court-ordered X-ray on Monday showed his tumor had grown.

By AMY FORLITI

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January 28, 2010 | Law.com

A trade group representing the major music labels said Wednesday it will reject a reduced penalty for a Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, and will instead begin preparing for another trial to determine new damages. The Recording Industry Association of America made the decision after Jammie Thomas-Rasset's attorneys rejected its offer to settle. Last week, a federal judge reduced to $54,000 a damage award of $1.92 million, calling the jury's penalty "monstrous and shocking."

By Amy Forliti

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