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Target Recalls Circo Aloma Infant Girls Sandals

This week, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn. recalled 51.00 Circo Aloma Infant Girls Sandals. The decorative plastic flowers can detach, posing a…

By Mike Bryant

/ 30 Jun 2011

Death on Minnesota Roads: Pedestrians Deaths Show A Decrease

Along with the historically low numbers for overall Minnesota highway deaths, the numbers of pedestrians also saw a decrease. In 2010 there were 36 pedestrian deaths in 2010 (a 12 percent decrease)…

By Mike Bryant

/ 29 Jun 2011

Minnesota State Shut Down: What Does it Mean for the Courts?

Everyone has questions about what is going to be open if there is a Minnesota government shutdown on Friday. Nicole Bettendorf from our office looked at some of the questions earlier today…

By Mike Bryant

/ 29 Jun 2011

Death on Minnesota Roads: 2010 Bicyclists Numbers Down to Single Digits

Along with the historically low numbers for overall Minnesota highway deaths, the numbers of bicyclists saw a decrease. For bicyclists the number of riders crashes went down to 898 from 981 in 2009…

By Mike Bryant

/ 28 Jun 2011

Hot Coffee : It Needs to be Watched!

I may take a pledge that I won’t talk to anyone about tort reform if they haven’t seen this documentary. If they can watch it and still support tort reform that’s fine. I would guess that they are…

By Mike Bryant

/ 27 Jun 2011

Death on Minnesota Roads: 2010 Deaths Due to Drinking Still Too High

As I wrote last week, Minnesota highway deaths were historically low in 2010. This is great news. But, drunk driving still plays way too much of a role in the deaths that did take place. Last year,…

By Mike Bryant

/ 27 Jun 2011

Target Recalls over 400,000 Child Booster Seats

The second week of June, The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target Corp., of Minneapolis, Minn. recalled 375,000 (43,000 additional booster seats were recalled in August 2009)Circo…

By Mike Bryant

/ 27 Jun 2011

Man Killed by Train in St. James

Saturday morning a 60 year old man was killed by a train in St James. What happened is still being investigated.

By Mike Bryant

/ 27 Jun 2011

Hot Coffee: Time for the Truth!

9 pm Eastern Monday, June 27th is the HBO premiere of Hot Coffee — a documentary about the fictions and false alarms that threaten the civil justice system. I have seen parts of it , and it really…

By Mike Bryant

/ 26 Jun 2011

Drunk Driving : Real Life Story

The Minneapolis Tribune had a sad but true follow up on a recent DUI sentencing. The story looked at the two people involved. The Driver: Kristin Kealy, a single mother who had a clean driving…

By Mike Bryant

/ 25 Jun 2011

Minnesota Budget Problem: Why Not Mediation?

I found it interesting when Governor Mark Dayton threw out the idea of mediation a couple of weeks back. The initial reaction was very negative. The majority response seemed to be: They were…

By Mike Bryant

/ 24 Jun 2011

Pottermore: What is it?

Just watched the exclusive Pottermore announcement. You have to admire the idea and the imagination. J.K. Rowling has created something that will continue to grow. The offer is that fans of all ages…

By Mike Bryant

/ 23 Jun 2011