The State Appeals Court has reversed the misdemeanor convictions of three women who participated in a December 1999 protest against the re-route of Highway 55 in Minneapolis. The women were among 24 people prosecuted and convicted for obstructing a highway. But while the women may have won on appeal, they and dozens of other protestors lost the bigger battle to prevent the controversial road project which will be completed in a year and a half. Minnesota Public Radio reporter Mary Losure is writing a book about the Highway 55 protesters. She remembers meeting Jennifer Beatty, one of the women cleared yesterday by the appeals court.