The blog post said that 900 teachers in Minnesota violated the rules in the past five years.

The reporter sites information from state records, which he or she must have obtained. The reporter uses that information to back up the story, giving the amount of waivers and exceptions granted by the state Teaching Board.

To do this reporting, the reporter needed to know how to obtain the state records, which may have been available online.

Trump is tied at 16 percent with former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, the Huffington Post reported.

The poll shows that Trump has less support from Democrats, though. A Gallup employee said Trump leads because he is more well known, but expects the support for the TV mogul to die down, USA Today reported.

Trump said he will announce in June whether he will run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.

The collision happened just before 8 a.m. at 4th Street Southeast and 15th Avenue Southeast, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

The dump truck struck the female bicyclist as it turned onto westbound 4th Street Southeast.

Police are concerned with the recent number of accidents involving cars, pedestrians and bicyclists, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

Almost all of the 78,000 residents who live in the 12 mile area around the plant evacuated after the quake, but some occasionally stop back to check on homes and retrieve belongings, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reported.

Officials will now close out the zone to protect people from what they consider to be dangerous radiation, CNN reported.

Evacuations are very difficult to enforce and usually vary between officers positioned at checkpoints leading into the area.

Mn/DOT wants 500 volunteers from Hennepin or Wright County to use smart phones in their cars to gather milage information, KARE 11 reported.

The data from the phones would be used to collect a milage-based user fee from drivers, rather than charging a gas tax, Northland's News Center reported.

This change in taxing would help create revenue for Mn/DOT in the future when the popularity of fuel efficient cars increases and gasoline use decreases.

It is not known whether the 16-year-old jumped or fell from the bridge, ABC News reported.

The Coast Guard pulled the conscious girl from the water and onto the shore and the San Francisco Fire Department took her to Marin General Hospital where she is recovering.

About 25 people die every year from jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge, BBC News reported.

Prince William could not attend because he was working in Wales, NBC's the Today Show reported.

The night before the wedding, Middleton chose to stay with her family at The Goring, a hotel near Westminster Abbey, the Washington Post reported.

The two will marry on April 29.

Ice out is determined when a boat can be directed through the "narrows" of the lake, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

This tradition dates back to 1855 and usually occurs within the first couple weeks of April.

The Freshwater Society has monitored the spring melt since 1968, KARE 11 reported.

He plans to reduce the national deficit by $4 trillion in the next decade, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Republicans and the tea party movement are pushing for cuts in federal spending, the Christian Science Monitor reported.

Obama will introduce four key plans in his speech: keep domestic spending low, cut the defense budget, reduce extra healthcare spending without sacrificing Medicare and Medicaid, and reform the tax code, according to a White House official.

Police charged Steven A. Cran, 46, of trespassing, fifth degree assault, disorderly conduct and possession of an open container of alcohol in public, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

Cran was taken to Washington County Jail after he illegally crossed the police barrier on the bridge and threatened a Minnesota Department of Transportation worker and his family, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

Five other people received citations for trespassing on the bridge Sunday night.

French forces arrested Gbagbo and then handed him over to forces loyal to Ouattara, the Wall Street Journal reported.

However, the French embassy in the Ivory Coast and Ouattara's representatives in New York said Ouattara's forces captured Gbagbo, Voice of America News reported.

Either way, Gdagbo was taken to the Golf Hotel.

Gdagbo lost the November elections but refused to step down because he said the votes were irregular.

Annie, a University of Minnesota student, did not think the story broke the stereotype of the Jewish people.

The article did not blatantly stereotype, but it was about a Jewish group celebrating their expanded freedom.

The article quoted a statement made by the group, Jewish Funds for Justice.

Budget negotiators agreed to cut $38 billion over the last six months, but the plan cannot move forward until an agreement is reached about women's health, the Miami Herald reported.

Republicans want to cut $300 million of federal money to Planned Parenthood, an organization that aids in abortions and sex education, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Planned Parenthood does receive government funding, but does not use it for abortions.

The chase began near downtown Minneapolis after the man pulled a gun on a taxi driver and stole the cab. It ended on northbound Interstate 35E near Forest Lake, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.

The suspect ran over spike strips on the road and drove into the ditch. He got out of the car holding a gun, and police shot him, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

The involved police officers are on standard administrative leave.

The St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of engineers closed the Upper and Lower St. Anthony Falls locks and Lock 1 near Minnehaha Park, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

The locks were required to be closed because rain fall and melting snow will make the river unsafe for navigation by Friday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.