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Motorcycle crash shows bioethicist the dark side of quitting opioids alone

Motorcycle crash shows bioethicist the dark side of quitting opioids alone

When medical bioethicist Travis Rieder tried to taper off pain medication after a roadway accident, he was disappointed by his doctors' reaction: "Everybody had a reason to send me to somebody else."
by Terry Gross

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Quakes push Californians to prepare for the next big jolt

Quakes push Californians to prepare for the next big jolt

Shaken residents were cleaning up Sunday from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes.
by Associated Press

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Man dies after tubing accident on Crow River

Searchers recovered the body of a man from the Crow River northwest of the Twin Cities on Saturday evening after he went missing while tubing earlier in the day.
by MPR News Staff

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Months of aftershocks may follow big California earthquake

Months of aftershocks may follow big California earthquake

Officials in Southern California expressed relief Saturday that damage and injuries weren't worse after the largest earthquake the region has seen in nearly 20 years, while voicing concerns about the possibility of major aftershocks in the days and even months to come.
by Associated Press

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Rochester firefighters rescue man caught in flood waters

Rochester firefighters rescue man caught in flood waters

The rescue came after a night of flash flooding across parts of southern Minnesota — the latest in repeated rounds of heavy rain in that part of the state.
by Andrew Krueger

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