Chris Nelson of Moorhead wanted to die as a child because he felt miserable. It took him years to find out why he couldn't keep food down and maintain weight.
If a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities budget request were approved by lawmakers, tuition would be frozen for students at the state's 33 public colleges and universities.
Curtis Brovold tried to withdraw his guilty plea, saying he was confused when he admitted to fleeing. The criminal sexual conduct charge was dismissed, but he still faces an attempted bribery charge.
"A whole family, gone," said Klobuchar, who was joined in Thursday's news conference by Cheryl Burt, a Rochester mother who lost two sons to carbon monoxide poisoning in January 1996.
According to court documents, Moorhead police responded to a south Moorhead home on Dec. 1 after a family member found Receia Kollie on the floor of the home's foyer.
James Kollie Jr. faces 40 years in prison if convicted. Just days before the killing, he told his mother he was “ready to take your life,” a criminal complaint alleged.
The only known flyer from the doomed show in Minnesota became the most expensive concert poster sold at auction. Buddy Holly and several other musicians died on their way to the show in 1959.
