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7 things you need to know about oil-by-rail safety

7 things you need to know about oil-by-rail safety

The Wall Street Journal's Russell Gold has been following the issue closely and spoke to MPR News to answer listener questions.
by Emily Kaiser

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St. Paul to reopen park areas near site of deadly landslide

St. Paul to reopen park areas near site of deadly landslide

The city says it will reopen a Lilydale Regional Park trail this summer and let school groups use one of four fossil sites in the fall. The landslide site remains closed.
by Curtis Gilbert

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13 train cars derail in St. Louis Co.; no injuries

Three of nine cars carrying a hazardous compound derailed, but didn't spill any material. The remaining 10 cars that derailed were carrying plastic pellets or were empty.
by The Associated Press

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Vehicle crashes into side of library in downtown Duluth

Two 20-year-old women inside the vehicle weren't injured in the crash, but police say they were taken to a hospital for treatment of apparent drug overdoses.
by The Associated Press

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Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year

Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year

The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades.
by The Associated Press

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Students OK after school bus careens out of control

Older students on a runaway bus calmed the younger children as the vehicle careened out of a control on a Minnesota highway.
by The Associated Press

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