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Prosecutors in Minnesota Seek Reporters’ Notes

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· Story link State prosecutors in Minnesota have asked for the notes and testimony of three journalists who covered a…

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State prosecutors in Minnesota have asked for the notes and testimony of three journalists who covered a police standoff that grew out of a domestic disturbance. The subject, who talked with a reporter by phone during the standoff, killed himself. Editors of the Mankato Free Press said they would fight the effort to gather reporter notes. (1/19/07)

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