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How do you prepare for an expungement petition?
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- How do you prepare for an expungement petition?
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Q&A: The new law will require a person with a criminal record who is seeking the expungement to petition the court for relief. How should you prepare?
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- What should employers know about the court expungement process?
- Runtime
- 0:31
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Q&A: What should employers know about the court expungement process?
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- What issues may arise from applicant information using other sources?
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Q&A: For employers, what issues may arise from searching for job applicant information using other sources because of the expungement law?
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- How does the law work with the Ban the Box law?
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Q&A: For employers, how does the expungement law work alongside the Ban the Box law that went into effect in 2014?
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- Niesen want 'the nightmare to end'
- Runtime
- 0:18
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- In 2010, Sherry Niesen pleaded guilty to fifth degree misdemeanor assault, a charge stemming from an incident that happened during a bitter divorce. But Niesen, who is a registered nurse with a degree in social work and mother of two young children, says her criminal record has kept her from landing good, professional level jobs in the nursing or social work field.
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- Katie Tourand talks about getting past a criminal record
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Ten years ago, Katie Tourand was addicted to drugs and dropped out of high school. She has two drug-related crimes on her record from that time period. But Tourand turned her life around, cleaned up, went back to school and earned a marketing degree from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
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- 'I'm just trying to Christmas you up'
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Darlissa McDonald is a cashier and volunteer at the Animal Ark Thrift Store on the East Side of St. Paul, Minn. Each year around Christmas time, she uses store donations to create custom ugly Christmas sweaters for customers. All the proceeds go to support the Animal Ark's no-kill shelter.
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- Protesters chant at the Mall of America
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Protesters chanted "While you're on your shopping spree, black people can not breathe" during a protest at the Mall of America Saturday. Video by Jackson Forderer for MPR News.
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- A steampunk 'whodunit'
- Runtime
- 3:01
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- The Red Ribbon Society, a non-profit and all-volunteer organization devoted to steampunk, hosts regular mystery events -- murder mystery parties set in the Victorian era with steampunk backdrop. Players interact with the cast members from the Red Ribbon Society to solve the mystery.
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- Project View: Betrayed by Silence from MPR News
- Runtime
- 3:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Here are excerpts from the Betrayed by Silence series.
Minnesota Public Radio News was named a 2015 recipient of an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for the investigative reporting in Betrayed by Silence.
The project is available online: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/catholic-church/
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- A cocktail recipe for the holidays
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Easy & Oskey's Erik Eastman shows us how to make a holiday cocktail he calls "The Humboldt." You'll need the following ingredients:
2 oz Prairie Organic Gin
.75 oz Cocchi Torino Sweet Vermouth
.5 oz St. George Spirits Spiced Pear Liqueur
1/4 tsp Easy & Oskey Grapefruit Bitters
2 oz quality dry sparkling wine
Combine all ingredients except sparkling wine in a mixing glass with clean ice. Stir 30 seconds to dilute, chill and combine. Strain into a
champagne flute, top with the sparkling wine and a couple more drops of bitters. Cut a coin sized piece of peel from a fresh organic lemon, squeeze the oils onto the drink, wipe the rim of the glass with the peel.
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- Minneapolis Police Department's body camera pilot project: Intoxication call
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- This video was captured by a Minneapolis police officer wearing a body camera during the department's body camera pilot project. The pilot project will continue for several months until the department puts in place final policies and procedures final policies for camera use. All patrol officers are expected to be equipped with body cameras in 2015. | EDITOR'S NOTE: Minnesota Public Radio News has obscured identifying information in the videos, which were provided by the Minneapolis Police Department.
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- Minneapolis Police Department's body camera pilot project: Traffic stop
- Runtime
- 0:58
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- This video was captured by a Minneapolis police officer wearing a body camera during the department's body camera pilot project. The pilot project will continue for several months until the department puts in place final policies and procedures final policies for camera use. All patrol officers are expected to be equipped with body cameras in 2015. | EDITOR'S NOTE: Minnesota Public Radio News has obscured identifying information in the videos, which were provided by the Minneapolis Police Department.
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- Minneapolis Police Department body camera pilot project: Disturbance call
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- This video was captured by a Minneapolis police officer wearing a body camera during the department's body camera pilot project. The pilot project will continue for several months until the department puts in place final policies and procedures final policies for camera use. All patrol officers are expected to be equipped with body cameras in 2015. | EDITOR'S NOTE: Minnesota Public Radio News has obscured identifying information in the videos, which were provided by the Minneapolis Police Department.
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- Beth Dooley braids Christmas bread
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Cookbook author Beth Dooley demonstrates how to braid and shape a traditional Christmas bread dough.
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- Author Richard Ford on reading classic literature
- Runtime
- 6:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Richard Ford, award-winning author of the Frank Bascombe novels, talks to Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller about his dyslexia and reading classic literature Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. In Ford's new book "Let Me Be Frank With You," he reinvents Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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- Author Richard Ford on his career and happiness
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Richard Ford, award-winning author of the Frank Bascombe novels, talks to Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller about happiness Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. In Ford's new book "Let Me Be Frank With You," he reinvents Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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- Author Richard Ford on writing about important and mysterious things
- Runtime
- 4:07
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Richard Ford, award-winning author of the Frank Bascombe novels, talks to Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller about writing about the most important things he knows Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. In Ford's new book "Let Me Be Frank With You," he reinvents Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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- Tips on making a great pie crust
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Emily Vikre of Duluth shares her tips for making a flakey, perfect pie crust.
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- Protest against police brutality and racism at the U
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Sights and sounds from the protest at the University of Minnesota Tuesday, a rally against racism in the wake of the grand jury in Ferguson that declined to indite a police officer in the death of Michael Brown.
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- House of Balls is on the move and everything is for sale
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Allen Christian is the sculptor at the House of Balls, an art studio that is open to the public whenever Christian is there. After 28 years
in Minneapolis' North Loop neighborhood, he's selling most of his
sculptures and moving to Cedar-Riverside, where he'll have outdoor space for larger scale work. The sale is Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21-22, noon-8 p.m, at 212 Third Ave. N.
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- Archdiocesan financing: Explained
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A look at the Archdiocse of St. Paul and Minneapolis' funding structure. | Betrayed by Silence, an MPR News investigation: http://mprnews.org/betrayed
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- Surveillance video of Highland Park robbery
- Runtime
- 4:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Thieves stole $300,000 of merchandise from R.F. Moeller Jeweler on Ford Parkway in Highland Park last Saturday. They were caught on surveillance video. Read more: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/11/17/watch-robbery-st-paul
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- Author Karen Armstrong on the importance of compassion
- Runtime
- 3:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Karen Armstrong, best-selling author of "A History of God," talks to Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller about compassion Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Armstrong's most recent book is "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence." She created the Charter for Compassion, for which she won the TED Prize.
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- Author Karen Armstrong's thoughts on God
- Runtime
- 3:29
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Best-selling author Karen Armstrong shares some thoughts on God with Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Armstrong's most recent book is "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence." She created the Charter for Compassion, for which she won the TED Prize.
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- Author Karen Armstrong on her years in a convent
- Runtime
- 3:16
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Karen Armstrong, best-selling author of "A History of God," talks to Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller about her time in a convent Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Armstrong's most recent book is "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence." She created the Charter for Compassion, for which she won the TED Prize.
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- Mpls mayor Betsy Hodges talks #pointergate with MPR News
- Runtime
- 27:03
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges made her first public comments about the story that’s become known as ‘Pointergate’ Friday on MPR News. A local news report suggesting Mayor Hodges flashed gang signs has riveted social media and evoked all kinds emotions in our community about racism, police/community relations and responsible journalism.
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- Studying distracted driving to help police officers
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Bryan Vila is a professor of criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University Spokane. He is also a former Los Angeles County Deputy. He is leading a first-of-its kind national study on the dangers of police officers driving distracted and fatigued. He has been putting officers through hours and hours of squad car simulations and tracking their eye movements. Preliminary results show even distractions far less demanding than police vehicle equipment increase the risk of an officer getting into a crash by more than double.
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- Police officer drivers training teaches how to fight distractions
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- The Minnesota Highway Safety Research Center at St. Could State helps train thousands of drivers every year. Among the drivers are police officers who learn how to drive squad cars safely under several different scenarios. Many officers get their driver recertification from the Highway Safety Research Center. Officers learn about the dangers of distracted driving by going through a course, with lights and sirens on, all while doing a critical thinking task to emulate distraction. It’s interesting to see how a simple distraction in the car can show up on the road.
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- Squad car crashes into car in Maple Grove, Minn.
- Runtime
- 0:27
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- This is squad car video of a crash involving a Maple Grove Police officer and another driver in Maple Grove at Elm Creek Blvd and County Road 81 on August 20, 2012. According to the crash report the officer ran a red light and the other driver, who had the green light, crashed into the squad. An internal Maple Grove PD memo indicates the officer was looking down at his squad computer before the crash. When he looked up, he was already in the intersection.
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- Author Azar Nafisi on reading to discover
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Azar Nafisi, professor and best-selling author, talks to Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller about reading to discover the other Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Nafisi is best known as the author of the national bestseller "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books."
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- Author Azar Nafisi on the importance of teachers
- Runtime
- 3:59
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Azar Nafisi, professor and best-selling author, talks to Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller about the importance of teachers Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Nafisi is best known as the author of the national bestseller "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books."
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- Author Azar Nafisi on the role of stories in a democracy
- Runtime
- 4:40
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Azar Nafisi, professor and best-selling author, talks to Minnesota Public Radio's Kerri Miller about stories and democracy Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul, Minn. Nafisi is best known as the author of the national bestseller "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books."
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- Live coverage of the DFL party on election night
- Runtime
- 3:36:46
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Who will win the U.S. Senate? Will the balance of power shift in Minnesota's House? Find out election night -- and watch the reaction of the DFL party on election night via live video coverage from MPR News from the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis.
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- Live coverage of the Republicans of Minnesota election night
- Runtime
- 3:08:09
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Will Republicans gain control of the Minnesota House? Can a Republican win in the DFL stronghold of the Iron Range? Find out on election night -- and watch coverage of the Republicans of Minnesota election night party from MPR News at Loews Hotel in Minneapolis.
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- U.S. Senate Debate: Franken vs. McFadden
- Runtime
- 59:52
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- MPR News hosted the final U.S. Senate debate between U.S. Sen. Al Franken (DFL) and Republican challenger Mike McFadden in St. Paul on Sunday evening, Nov. 2. The debate was held at 7 p.m. CST at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, and moderated by Cathy Wurzer and Kerri Miller of MPR News. Watch a replay of the live coverage here.
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- Halloween, Stone Soup and puppets
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Barebones Annual Halloween Extravaganza is "Metamorphosoup," a melding of the Stone Soup folk tale with the primordial soup. Plus puppets. And fire.
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- A GoPro captures this turkey vulture enjoying a Halloween treat
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- MPR News reporter Tim Post put a GoPro inside a jack-o-lantern at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center to capture an closeup view of Nero the turkey vulture enjoying a Halloween treat of rat meat.
The staff occasionally uses pumpkins, and other seasonal produce, as enrichment tools to challenge the animals and keep their minds sharp.
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- Butterflies charm at Science Museum
- Runtime
- 1:07
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Most monarch butterflies have left Minnesota already, headed on their annual migration to Mexico, but the Science Museum of Minnesota's new Butterfly House exhibit let's you get up close and personal with them.
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- Dragon Divas paddle to win over breast cancer
- Runtime
- 3:12
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Two teams of Twin Cities dragon boat racers -- named Courage and Hope -- are made up from the Dragon Divas, a support group of breast cancer survivors. The Divas head to Sarasota, Fla., this weekend to compete in the International Breast Cancer Paddler's Commission. But it's not the competition that brought them together.
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- The stop motion guide to cheese plates
- Runtime
- 0:16
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Cheese paired with fresh and dried fruit, toasted nuts, jellies, chutneys and crackers is wonderful served at the end of a meal. This one features Shepherd's Way Big Woods Blue and Frisago, Stickney Hill Chevre and Alemar Bent River, all from Minnesota, and Wisconsin's Deer Creek aged cheddar. Find more tips to assemble your own cheese plate at http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/10/22/appetites-cheese-for-dessert
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- Futuristic theater on the Green Line imagines rail vs. neighborhood
- Runtime
- 2:56
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Riders of the LRT Green Line got to explore the impact of the new in a mobile theater production last week along five sites near the stations. The story line for the Green Line Theater is set in 2100, and imagined how civic engagement stopped a proposed super high-speed transit system to preserve the neighborhoods. The audience participated with the performance to "Keep that Green Line alive."
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- Cassandra Clare and Holly Black on writers as outsiders
- Runtime
- 4:02
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, authors of "The Iron Trial," join Talking Volumes host Kerri Miller Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. In this excerpt, the authors talk about writers as outsiders.
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- Cassandra Clare and Holly Black on believing in ghosts
- Runtime
- 4:23
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, authors of "The Iron Trial," join Talking Volumes host Kerri Miller Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. In this excerpt, the authors talk about whether or not they believe in ghosts and magic.
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- Cassandra Clare and Holly Black on co-writing "The Iron Trial"
- Runtime
- 5:07
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, authors of "The Iron Trial," join Talking Volumes host Kerri Miller Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. In this excerpt, the authors talk about their experiences co-writing this book.
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- Uncommon Roots puts spotlight on the ukulele
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Keldon Ancheta and Siua Ahfoca, of Uncommon Roots, explain how they met each other and their band’s use of ukulele.
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- Easily cut winter squash with cookbook author Amanda Paa
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Watch as Amanda Paa, author of the cookbook Smitten with Squash, shows us how to easily and safely peel and cut tough-skinned winter squash.
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- Proper tackling technique
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Stillwater High School head coach Beau LaBore works with football players to demonstrate proper tackling techniques to avoid concussions and other serious head injuries.
- Title
- What is a concussion?
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Dr. Grant Morrison of Fairview Sports Medicine explains the mechanics of a concussion and how it can occur on the football field. Concussion animation courtesy the Centers for Disease Control.
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- Kevin Merkle on high school football rule changes
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Minnesota State High School League Assistant Director Kevin Merkle describes how the league is trying to decrease the amount of head injuries with improved tackling techniques, rules changes and more severe punishments.
