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One worker injured in power plant explosion

An injured worker is able to speak and move after an explosion Monday morning at a coal-fired power plant along the North Shore.
by Dan Kraker

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Verso Paper reimburses city for firefighting costs

Verso Paper has paid the city of Sartell nearly $400,000 for putting out a Memorial Day paper mill fire.
by Conrad Wilson

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Beirut car bomb kills top official, 7 others

Beirut car bomb kills top official, 7 others

A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing a top security official and seven others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and sending bloodied residents staggering into the streets in the most serious blast the Lebanese capital has seen in four years.

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Sunscreen recalled due to fire risk

The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling some of its spray-on products after reports that a handful of people have caught on fire after applying the lotion.

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Relief fund set up for ND town hit by fire

A relief fund has been set up for residents of Bucyrus after a wildfire swept through the small southwestern North Dakota community.

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Duluth looks into fixing 16 flood-damaged streams

Duluth looks into fixing 16 flood-damaged streams

Duluth is shifting its focus from basic infrastructure damaged by this June's floods to the area's 16 trout streams and officials don't expect the fix to be cheap.

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2 Minn. men die in Mille Lacs Lake car crash

Two Minnesota men are dead after their car crossed Highway 169, rolled into a ditch and ended up in Mille Lacs Lake.

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NE Minn. flood help deadline nears

NE Minn. flood help deadline nears

People who suffered damage from this summer's record flooding in northeast Minnesota only have a few more days to apply for disaster assistance.
by Dan Kraker

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Karlstad fire was arson, DNR says

Karlstad fire was arson, DNR says

Fire investigators say a wildfire that destroyed several homes in the northwest town of Karlstad this month was probably arson.
by Dan Gunderson

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2nd student dies after Eau Claire apt. fire

A second Stillwater, Minn., man has died as a result of a fire at an off-campus apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire early Monday morning.

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