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Firefighters rescue 2 teenagers stuck in St. Paul cave

The boys descended 100 feet down a shaft to reach the cave on St. Paul's West Side but could not climb back out early Saturday.
by Associated Press

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Chief of Puerto Rico's power authority resigns under fire

Chief of Puerto Rico's power authority resigns under fire

A continuing controversy over a $300 million contract with a small Montana electrical firm to restore power in Puerto Rico was one of many "distractions," says the island's governor.

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Some residents unaccounted for after Pennsylvania senior center fire

Authorities struggled on Friday to account for the whereabouts of all the residents of a Pennsylvania senior living community after a massive blaze tore through their complex during the middle of the night, injuring nearly 30 and leading to a chaotic evacuation.
by The Associated Press

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Clues in that mysterious radioactive cloud point toward Russia

Clues in that mysterious radioactive cloud point toward Russia

Western scientists say they may never know the source of the cloud of ruthenium-106 that hovered over Europe last month. But what little data there is suggests a research facility inside Russia.
by Geoff Brumfiel and Alina Selyukh

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Missing hunter finds own way back using compass

The man got lost while hunting with others on Thursday. He had been lost for more than six hours but was uninjured.
by The Associated Press

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Watch: The hurricane season, as shown by salt, smoke and dust

Watch: The hurricane season, as shown by salt, smoke and dust

A NASA visualization uses computer models to show how recent hurricanes shifted salt from the Atlantic, dust from the Sahara and smoke from fires in Portugal and the Pacific Northwest.

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Train collision kills 2 women in northwest Minnesota

Authorities say 78-year-old Emilie Genevieve Skjerven of Plummer was driving a Ford Taurus on a private driveway when she collided with a Canadian Pacific train.
by The Associated Press

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Rescuers search debris after Iran-Iraq quake kills over 530

Rescuers search debris after Iran-Iraq quake kills over 530

Rescuers on Tuesday used backhoes and heavy equipment to dig through the debris of buildings toppled by a powerful earthquake on the border between Iran and Iraq.
by The Associated Press

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