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Missing plane: Piracy theory gains more credence

Missing plane: Piracy theory gains more credence

The latest evidence suggests the plane didn't experience a catastrophic incident over the South China Sea as was initially suspected. Some experts theorize that one of the pilots, or someone else with flying experience, hijacked the plane or committed suicide by plunging the jet into the sea.
by The Associated Press

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Minneapolis on pace for record number of fire deaths

Minneapolis on pace for record number of fire deaths

In the wake of 10 deaths caused by fires in Minneapolis so far this year, chiefs from across the region gathered Friday to talk about fire safety and prevention.
by Brandt Williams

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Crews soak up oil along tracks in SE Minn.

Crews have placed oil-absorbing booms and sandbags along railroad tracks in southeastern Minnesota to soak up oil that leaked out of a tanker car last month.
by Elizabeth Baier

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Minneapolis group home damaged by fire

Three people had to be rescued from the home. One of them was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center with what fire officials described as non-life threatening injuries.
by Tim Nelson

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Death toll reaches 7 in NYC building explosion

Death toll reaches 7 in NYC building explosion

The explosion Wednesday morning in East Harlem injured more than 60 people, with searchers still trying to locate others a day later. Crews used generator-powered floodlights and thermal imaging cameras to identify heat spots -- bodies or pockets of fire -- at the site on Park Avenue and 116th Street.
by The Associated Press

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2 Minneapolis house fire victims identified

Firefighters were called to the house at 2940 Washburn Ave. N. shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday. They found a fire burning in the living room of the single story home there, and quickly extinguished it. They also found a man and woman dead in a bedroom nearby.

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Volatile Bakken oil, aging tank cars raise the stakes for Minnesota rail safety

Volatile Bakken oil, aging tank cars raise the stakes for Minnesota rail safety

More loads of volatile North Dakota crude oil are moving over rails, prompting new safety efforts. In Perham, Minn., trains have derailed four times since 1992. Given the never-ending rail traffic that goes through town, local officials fear that it will happen again, with dangerous results.
by Dan Gunderson

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Minneapolis fire where two found dead apparently accidental

Investigators suspect smoking materials on a love seat in the living room may have caught fire, but haven't ruled out an electrical malfunction, fire spokeswoman Cherie Penn said.
by Tim Nelson

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Excessive speed, pothole suspected in motorcyclist's death

The state of Minnesota has reported a sharp increase in motorcycle fatalities in the last two years. Preliminary numbers showed rider deaths were up 9 percent, to 60 killed last year. The first died in a crash on April 4, 2013.
by Tim Nelson

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