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Official: Intern no longer at NTSB after name flap

A government official with knowledge of the situation says a summer intern who confirmed erroneous and racially offensive names for the pilots of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 is no longer an intern with the National Transportation Safety Board.

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Man dies during shipwreck dive at Isle Royale park

A 55-year-old man has died while scuba diving to a shipwreck at Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior.

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Swimmer missing near International Falls

Ontario Provincial Police say two men were swimming in the Rainy River west of International Falls Sunday night when a 27-year-old man went under water and disappeared.

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How a TV station’s amateur reporting led to racist joke

How a TV station’s amateur reporting led to racist joke

A San Francisco area TV station is getting an unwarranted free pass now that the National Transportation Safety Board has acknowledged that a summer intern “confirmed” the names of the pilots in charge of Asiana Flight 214, the one that crashed last week on a San Francisco runway. http://youtu.be/YU2m3xf99R4 The names, of course, were offensive…
by Bob Collins

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Child becomes 3rd casualty of Asiana crash

Hospital officials say a girl on the Asiana Airlines flight has died from her injuries, becoming the third casualty of the crash in San Francisco.

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Plymouth fire forces more than 60 out of homes

Plymouth fire forces more than 60 out of homes

Fire departments as far away as Eden Prairie and Bloomington were called in to help fight the fire that heavily damaged the 62-unit apartment building.
by Tim Nelson

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NTSB: No sign of mechanical trouble on Asiana 214

Investigators have found no evidence of mechanical problems with Asiana Flight 214, putting the focus of the safety probe into the crash landing at the San Francisco airport squarely on the pilots.

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Asiana crash evacuation delayed by 90 seconds

As soon as Asiana Flight 214 came to a stop after a crash landing that tore off the tail and sent the Boeing 777 spinning down the runway at San Francisco International Airport, the lead flight attendant asked pilots if she should begin evacuating passengers. The answer: No.

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Horse bucks, steps on Minneapolis police officer

A Minneapolis police officer appears to have escaped major injuries after she was bucked and stepped on by her horse early this afternoon.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Diesel fuel spills into Lake Superior

State regulators are monitoring a diesel fuel spill in far northeast Minnesota that leaked into Lake Superior.
by Dan Kraker

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