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Texas town where plant blew starts long recovery

From money, food and clothing to new appliances and crews armed with chain saws, help is pouring into the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant exploded.

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Photos: Fargo's sand, clay and dirt flood walls

Photos: Fargo's sand, clay and dirt flood walls

Residents in Fargo and Moorhead are building dikes to protect against a possible record flood. But the late spring melt is reducing the flood risk, say forecasters at the National Weather Service.
by Nathaniel Minor

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Late melt helping reduce Fargo-Moorhead flood risk

Late melt helping reduce Fargo-Moorhead flood risk

Conditions in the Red River Valley indicate the communities might be facing a reduced flood risk. The late spring melt could actually be improving the flood outlook.
by Dan Gunderson

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Officials: Bomb suspects appear driven by faith

Officials: Bomb suspects appear driven by faith

The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by their religious faith but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating the severely wounded younger man. He was charged with federal crimes that could bring the death penalty.

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Snowmobiler's body found after 2 months

Authorities have recovered the body of a Minnesota snowmobiler missing in the St. Croix River for two months.

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FEMA officials to look at ice storm damage this week

FEMA officials to look at ice storm damage this week

Federal disaster officials will be in southwest Minnesota this week to assess damage from a recent ice storm in that part of the state.
by Mark Steil

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Crests approaching in several towns in Midwest

Crests approaching in several towns in Midwest

An all-too-familiar springtime ritual played out around the nation's heartland this weekend as volunteers, National Guardsmen and even prison inmates joined together in an effort to ward off fast-rising floodwaters. Dangerously high waters dotted at least six Midwestern states after torrential rains this past week.

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Across America, a week of chaos, horror -- and hope

Across America, a week of chaos, horror -- and hope

Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters. A town shattered by a colossal explosion. A violent manhunt that paralyzed a major city, emptying streets of people and filling them with heavily armed police and piercing sirens. But beneath the pain, horror was counteracted by hope.

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Motorcyclists hit road for Minn. flood run

Motorists are advised to look twice for motorcyclists as the annual "Spring Flood Run" takes place Saturday between the Twin Cities and Winona, Minn.

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Officials seek answers in aftermath of Texas explosion

Officials seek answers in aftermath of Texas explosion

With the house-to-house search over and the living and dead largely accounted for, the town of West, Texas, began the transition from shock and disbelief to communal grieving. On Friday night, at St. Mary Church of the Assumption, mourners gathered to remember the dead. Many of the dead were first responders who were fighting a roaring fire for 30 minutes before the explosion, which was felt 80 miles away in Fort Worth.

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