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Kerry: Evidence points to rebels shooting down MH17

Kerry: Evidence points to rebels shooting down MH17

n the most emphatic U.S. statement to date on culpability for the downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine that killed 298 people, Secretary of State John Kerry says evidence overwhelmingly points to Russian-backed separatists.
by L. Carol Ritchie

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Minn. man jumps in water after grandkids, dies

Douglas Yentsch jumped in Nichols Lake after his two young grandchildren fell off the inner tube he was pulling behind a paddle boat. The children were wearing lifejackets, but panicked.
by Dan Gunderson

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Ukraine accuses rebels of destroying evidence at MH17 crash site

Ukraine accuses rebels of destroying evidence at MH17 crash site

International investigators say armed rebels have limited their inspection of the eastern Ukraine site of the downed Malaysian Airlines flight that killed 298 passengers and crew, as Kiev accused the separatists, with Russian help, of deliberately destroying evidence at the scene.
by L. Carol Ritchie

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Why investigating Malaysia Airlines crash will be so difficult

Why investigating Malaysia Airlines crash will be so difficult

The crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight in eastern Ukraine holds many important clues about what happened to the plane. But that site is under the control of pro-Russian separatists who are suspected of involvement in shooting the plane down.
by Corey Flintoff

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St. Louis Park hikers' bodies ID'd in Colorado

St. Louis Park hikers' bodies ID'd in Colorado

The identification is based on personal effects found nearby, but a fuller investigation is ongoing, Snelling said. It appears that the two succumbed to bad weather, and foul play is not suspected.
by Tim Nelson

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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: What we know

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17: What we know

The passenger jet had nearly 300 people on board; none survived. The plane had not sent a distress signal. It reportedly came apart at cruising altitude, with its wreckage landing in territory held by pro-Russian insurgents. It's widely suspected that a surface-to-air missile brought it down.

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Report: Malaysia jet down over Ukraine

Report: Malaysia jet down over Ukraine

A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with one of its flights over Ukrainian airspace.

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Woman found stuck but OK in park's quicksand

Grand County deputies say a 78-year-old woman who was reported missing after she failed to show up to the library was found stuck in quicksand.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota hiker found dead near eastern Utah trail

Grand County sheriff's officials say they recovered the body of Duluth resident Robert Bergquist early Friday morning. A cause of death was not immediately known.
by The Associated Press

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