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		<title>Catalytic converters targeted by thieves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent article, thieves are now targeting catalytic converters on vehicles in the metro Denver, Colorado area. A catalytic converter is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an internal combustion engine. First widely introduced in 1975 for automobiles in the U.S. to comply with tightening EPA regulations on auto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decline in traffic deaths lowest in years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press has reported that highway deaths have dropped to lowest levels since the 1950s. The Transportation Department projections show total traffic deaths declined nearly 9 percent in 2009 to 33,963 compared to 2008 with 37,261 people. This is the lowest amount since 1954. 
Several reasons for this are more motorists are buckling up, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mail collection scam alert for Minnesota</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Department of Commerce is warning Minnesotans that there is an e-mail collection scam  in Minnesota. The e-mails are from Experian Portfolio Services of St. Paul. 
These e-mails say that you owe money to an unnamed creditor and ask you to pay the outstanding balances via PayPal. This is fraudulent and you should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mncriminals.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/03/10/e-mail-collection-scam-alert-for-minnesota/</link>
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		<title>Organized crime responsible for identity theft and fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal and Minnesota state investigators are working on dismantling a sophisticated fraud ring. Investigators say that the fraud ring involves about 200 members and could be one of the largest cases of its type in this country.
The organized crime ring has members in the Twin Cities and recruits on Facebook and other social networking web [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) helping to find missing persons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2003, the Office of Justice Program&#8217;s (OJP) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) began funding major efforts to maximize the use of DNA technology in our criminal justice system. Much of NIJ’s work has focused on developing tools to investigate and solve the cases of missing persons and unidentified decedents. Recently the National Missing and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mncriminals.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/03/08/national-missing-and-unidentified-persons-system-namus-helping-to-find-missing-persons/</link>
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		<title>States budget cuts release criminals and face public safety issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent New York Times article , states nationwide are trimming their budgets by using early releasing programs in their prison populations.  As a result, more convicted felons are on the streets and not behind bars.
Take for instance in the state of Illinois. Gov. Patrick J. Quinn, a Democrat, described its early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identity theft from someone you think you could trust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that giving out “sensitive” information about your identity is not the right thing to do. However, when you are dealing with a cell phone carrier, you would think it would be all right to do. They ask many questions in order to verify that you are the person who is authorized on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Level III sex offenders out on the streets in Minnesota</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is outrageous! After a Level III sex offender does his time in prison, the system releases him but doesn’t care if he has a place to live or not. Many of them end up homeless and on the streets. Currently, Duluth police are alerting citizens about a freed convict who preyed on teenage girls [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mncriminals.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/03/01/level-iii-sex-offenders-out-on-the-streets-in-minnesota/</link>
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		<title>From lingerie model to cocaine queen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Daily News recently reported that a former lingerie model, Angie Valencia, is wanted for running an international drug ring that used other models as mules to bring cocaine from Buenos Aires to Britain. This international arrest warrant is for her masterminding an all-female operation. 
Angie Valencia is known as the “Queen of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mncriminals.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/02/25/from-lingerie-model-to-cocaine-queen/</link>
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		<title>School shooting tragedy in Colorado injures two students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado saw tragedy hit their quiet suburban school. Two students were responsible for the shooting spree that killed their classmates. Then a couple of years ago, Platte Canyon High School nestled in the southwest foothills, saw a deranged man kill a high school student. 
Once again, we [...]]]></description>
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