CONVICTED KILLER LOSES THIRD APPEAL

The Minnesota Supreme Court turned down Donald Blom's third try for a new trial on Thursday. Blom was convicted for the 1999 kidnapping and killing of Moose Lake convenience store clerk Katie Poirier. After he was arrested, Blom confessed to strangling the woman and burning her body. He later recanted but the confession was used in his trial. Blom continues to insist the confession was coerced.