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Jury awards nearly $17M in grain bin death

Jury awards nearly $17M in grain bin death

An Illinois jury has returned a record verdict of nearly $17 million in the deaths of two teenagers and the traumatic entrapment of a third worker in a grain bin in 2010.
by Mark Memmott

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Fire destroys Brooklyn Center duplex after alleged dispute

Firefighters tackled a fire for about four hours early Wednesday at a two-story duplex in Brooklyn Center that they suspect was set ablaze intentionally after a dispute in one of the units.
by Liala Helal

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Death toll rises to 27 in Quebec seniors' home fire

Death toll rises to 27 in Quebec seniors' home fire

Twenty-seven bodies have been recovered from the ruins of a home for senior citizens in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, and authorities believe that bone fragments found in the burned-out building will help them identify five more victims.
by Mark Memmott

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Man says he ate birds, turtles in 13 months adrift; officials skeptical

Man says he ate birds, turtles in 13 months adrift; officials skeptical

It's a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands some 5,500 miles away.
by The Associated Press

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Train derails near Olivia in SW Minnesota

There were no reports of injuries when a train derailed Saturday in southwestern Minnesota.
by The Associated Press

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Maple Grove squad collides with light-rail train

Metro Transit Police say the squad car was traveling alongside the train, turned right and collided with the train near Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue.
by The Associated Press

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Blue Line light rail train hits trailer of pickup truck on slippery road

No one was hurt in the crash, which took place north of Interstate 494, at the rail crossings at 34th Avenue South and Airport Lane, around 11:20 a.m. The train was traveling northbound. The truck traveled westbound through the intersection.
by Liala Helal

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Woman's body found frozen in St. Paul; police investigate

St. Paul police spokesman Paul Paulos says paramedics were called to the scene where the woman was found outside about 7:30 a.m.. The 58-year-old victim was pronounced dead shortly after. The temperature at the time had dipped to 16 below zero.
by Tim Nelson

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