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How prepared is Minnesota for an oil train derailment?

How prepared is Minnesota for an oil train derailment?

When a rail car carrying crude oil explodes local responders are unlikely to have what they need to extinguish the flames.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Owners of burned-out Dorset restaurants call it quits

Owners of burned-out Dorset restaurants call it quits

Fire destroyed two of the four eateries that gave northern Minnesota's "Restaurant Capital of the World" its slogan.
by John Enger

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Containment, collaboration key in responding to oil train accidents

Containment, collaboration key in responding to oil train accidents

There's no shortage of crude oil trains passing through Minnesota. That means first responders like Mark Seaton of the Coon Rapids Fire Department prepare for the worst -- and hope for the best.

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MH370 had expired battery on black box 'pinger'

MH370 had expired battery on black box 'pinger'

An interim report on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 shows that the battery for the locator beacon on the Boeing 777 was more than a year out of date at the time the plane lost contact with ground controllers.

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Vendor cart catches fire near White House

Vendor cart catches fire near White House

The U.S. Secret Service says authorities have responded to a fire and are searching a vehicle near the White House.
by The Associated Press

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2 killed in head-in crash in Carlton County

Investigators say the driver of a pickup truck crossed the center line on Highway 33 and collided with an SUV.
by The Associated Press

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Plane skids off runway at La Guardia, crashes through fence

Minor injuries are being reported from the Delta Air Lines flight. The Twin Cities airport says three afternoon flights from La Guardia and one to La Guardia have been cancelled.
by The Associated Press

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All clear after odor leads to evacuation of two U of M buildings

Minneapolis fire officials are letting people return to two University of Minnesota buildings after concerns of a chemical odor prompted a morning evacuation.
by Tim Nelson

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Man dies, grandson hospitalized after ATV goes through ice

James Minnerath of Alexandria was celebrating his 50th birthday when he took his grandson for a ride the enclosed cab ATV on a lake in Douglas county.
by MPR News Staff

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