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Three surviving kids in critical condition after crash into pond

Three surviving kids in critical condition after crash into pond

Three children are in critical condition after being trapped underwater when a car veered off the road into a St. Louis Park storm water pond Thursday. Two of the children are showing signs of improvement and have become "responsive."
by Brandt Williams

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After typhoon, Philippine native in Minn. heads home to help

After typhoon, Philippine native in Minn. heads home to help

The minute Josephine Fernandez heard about Typhoon Haiyan's devastation of the Philippines, she knew people there would be without food and water.
by Dan Olson

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After fire, Winona Islamic center raises money for new home

After fire, Winona Islamic center raises money for new home

Two months after the largest fire in recent Winona history destroyed the city's Islamic center and damaged several other historic downtown buildings, members of the mosque are looking for a new place to call home.
by Elizabeth Baier

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2 children die after car plunges into St. Louis Park stormwater pond

2 children die after car plunges into St. Louis Park stormwater pond

The two dead, a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy were among five children in a car that plunged into a stormwater pond Thursday morning.
by Tim Nelson

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American Refugee Committee delivers relief in rural Philippines

American Refugee Committee delivers relief in rural Philippines

MPR News speaks with a Minnesota man who is in Tacloban, Philippines to assess the needs of those affected by the recent typhoon.
by Tom Crann

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Minnesota Somalis raise $100K for cyclone aid

Leaders from Minnesota's Somali community say they've raised more than $100,000 to provide food, clothing, medical care and livestock to those affected by a tropical cyclone earlier this month in Somalia.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Bucklins reach settlement over small plane crash that killed four

Bucklins reach settlement over small plane crash that killed four

The family of a Minneapolis man who crashed his plane in the mountains of Wyomingt with three of his sons on board in 2010 has reached a legal settlement with air traffic controllers.
by Tim Nelson

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How should we rebuild after natural disasters?

How people rebuild after natural disasters is increasingly important. For too long, people have followed the same pattern after a disaster, says on researcher. If people are going to keep living in the footprint of hurricanes, tsunamis and flooding, what's to be done?

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NTSB: No distress call before fatal Minn. crash

Federal investigators say there was no distress call from the pilot before a small airplane crashed in southeastern Minnesota, killing three men from the Detroit area.

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