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Here's why 911 might not know where you are when you call

Here's why 911 might not know where you are when you call

If your home phone service runs through the internet, it's possible the emergency call system won't automatically route your correct street address when you call 911. Officials say it's a small but serious glitch.
by Tim Nelson

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'Like a bad dream': Turbulence on JetBlue flight injures 2 dozen people

'Like a bad dream': Turbulence on JetBlue flight injures 2 dozen people

Flight 429 from Boston to Sacramento was forced to divert to South Dakota after hitting severe turbulence. Passengers describe the plane suddenly plunging as people went flying.

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Authorities in Michigan search for missing Minnesota boater

Authorities near Detroit say a 30-year-old Minnesota man was on a boat with three others when he and another person went swimming. The other swimmer made it back to the boat, Craig Michael Moir did not.
by Associated Press

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Fines for meat industry's safety problems are 'embarrassingly low'

Fines for meat industry's safety problems are 'embarrassingly low'

Slaughterhouses, while safer than decades ago, are some of the country's most hazardous workplaces. They are fined by the government for safety violations, but those fines may not be big enough.
by Luke Runyon

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Florida police: Real ammo used by mistake in fatal training exercise

Florida police: Real ammo used by mistake in fatal training exercise

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating why real ammunition was used by mistake at an event designed to bring police and the public together in the small Gulf Coast city of Punta Gorda.
by Associated Press

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Authorities suspend search for vehicle in the Red River

Moorhead, Minn. authorities say the vehicle went into the river at about 2 a.m. Saturday. They were unable to detect it with sonar so they didn't put a diver into the water.
by Associated Press

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Four dead in weekend motorcycle accidents

Two car-motorcycle crashes -- in Belle Plaine and Pine County -- result in four deaths and one injury. Overall, fatalities are down this year.
by Marianne Combs

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Oxygen, smoking cause fatal fire in St. Paul

One man died early Saturday morning in a fire at his East Side home. The fire was reported by neighbors around 6 a.m.
by Peter Cox

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Hoverboard triggered west-central Minnesota house fire

Minnesota authorities are asking anyone who owns a hoverboard to check if it's on a national recall list after concluding a July fire in Spicer was triggered by a malfunctioning hoverboard.
by MPR News Staff

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