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Quebec train derailment death toll to 13

Investigators searching for the cause of a fiery oil train derailment that wiped out a small town's center and killed at least 13 people zeroed in on an earlier blaze on that same train.

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Official: flawed tankers in fatal train derailment

Traumatized survivors of an oil train derailment that wiped out the heart of a small town braced for more bad news as inspectors were finally cleared to enter the charred site's epicenter and look for remains late Monday, more than two days after the disaster that killed at least 13 people.

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SF crash investigators turn to cockpit decisions

Investigators trying to understand why Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash-landed focused Monday on the actions of an experienced pilot learning his way around a new aircraft, fellow pilots who were supposed to be monitoring him and why no one noticed that the plane was coming in too slow.

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'Horrific honor' to recover 19 firefighters' bodies

Arizona firefighters carried the bodies of their fallen colleagues from the site of the wildfire where the highly trained "hotshots" died on June 30.

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June storm tree damage called worse than 2011 tornado

The Minneapolis Tree Advisory Commission still doesn't have a final figure on how many trees were damaged. The city removed more than 2,500 trees after the May 2011 North Minneapolis tornado.
by Brandt Williams

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Duluth slip bridge has repeated breakdowns

Repeated breakdowns of a pedestrian lift bridge between the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center and the city's Canal Park is causing angst for area businesses and forcing tourists and other pedestrians to walk nearly a mile to cross the Minnesota Slip.

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Fire destroys Finland's only church

Fire Chief Pete Walsh says a lightning strike appears to have started the blaze at about 9 p.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church.

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2 boats collide on Lake Minnetonka

According to the Hennepin County Sheriff's office, two boats struck each other while traveling in the same direction 200 feet from shore on Wayzata Bay before 10 a.m. Sunday.

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San Fran officials: Possible plane victim run over

San Fran officials: Possible plane victim run over

Officials investigating a jetliner crash in San Francisco have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling ``significantly below'' the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway.

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Dozens still missing after Quebec train disaster

Hazardous conditions hindered firefighters' attempts Monday to search for some 40 people still missing after a runaway oil tanker train exploded over the weekend, killing at least five people, officials said.

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