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November 3, 2000 - What do you do if you're not who you think you are? A hermaphrodite's memoires are now the basis of a play in the Twin Cities.
November 3, 2000 - Minneapolis police officers are in Memphis this week, training to handle cases involving the mentally ill. The training is the first step towards developing a program similar to one that exists in Memphis, where 165 police officers make up a special crisis intervention team trained to de-escalate confrontations with mentally disturbed individuals. Earlier this week, police in Minneapolis shot and killed a man with serious mental illness after he reportedly sped toward police in a car. It was the third such incident this year. The Memphis police re-examined how they handled incidents involving the mentally ill after a man with a bi-polar disorder was shot to death by an officer in 1987. Public outcry prompted the creation of the Memphis Police Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT. Lt. Sam Cochran, coordinator of the program, says it's good for the police, the mentally ill and the city.
November 3, 2000 - As part of our election year coverage, Minnesota Public Radio has invited all 7 candidates for U-S Senate to present a statement about their candidacy. These candidate statements are unfiltered and unedited by MPR ...
November 3, 2000 - California's American Civil Liberties Union had put in a restraining order to prevent Secretary of State Bill Jones from shutting down vote swapping websites
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November 3, 2000 - As part of our election year coverage Minnesota Public Radio has invited all seven candidates for U-S Senate to present a four minute statement about their candidacy. All this week, the seven candidates have presented their views on each of M-P-R's News programs. These candidate statements are unfiltered and unedited by MPR: That was the Consitution Party's David Swan, one of the seven Minnesota candidates for U-S Senate. His is the last statement that will air on M-P-R's news programs, but if you missed any, you can hear all the statements on our web site at Minnesota Public Radio dot O-R-G.
November 3, 2000 - A US Senate debate last night at the Mall of America raised questions about DFLer Mark Dayton's position on gun control. As Dayton sparred with incumbent Republican Rod Grams and Independence Party candidate James Gibson, he seemed to contradict positions he staked out earlier in the campaign. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports.
November 3, 2000 - The "Citizens' Ad Police" were on patrol again this week, critiquing some of the campaign ads blanketing the airwaves. M-P-R ad analyst Dean Alger gathered a group of six Twin Cities residents to watch the latest ads in hotly-contested Congressional races, and a few commercials for Independence Party candidates. In the last of our series of Ad Watches for campaign 2000, Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
November 3, 2000 - The presidential candidates are racking up thousands of frequent flier miles, and the Gore campaign was back in Minnesota yesterday. Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman made two stops in northeastern Minnesota just one day after George W Bush held a rally in Duluth. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin has more.