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DPS: Warm spring pushes up traffic deaths

State officials suspect Minnesota's unseasonably mild winter has been a big factor in a spike in traffic deaths.
by Martin Moylan

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5 more bodies found in Concordia cruise wreck

5 more bodies found in Concordia cruise wreck

Search crews in Italy have found five more bodies in the wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which struck a reef off an Italian island in January.

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Minn. teen struck and killed while lying on highway

The Minnesota State Patrol says a teenager was struck and killed on a Carver County highway after wrapping himself in a dark blanket and lying down on the road before sunrise.

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Man dies in St. Paul garage fire

Officials say a man has died in a garage fire in St. Paul. Firefighters say crews found the unattached garage fully engulfed in flames by the time they arrived early Thursday morning.

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Relatively quiet night in Wis. 'boom' town

If the number of phone calls to police is any indication, it was a relatively quiet night in the eastern Wisconsin community of Clintonville, where intermittent booms have awakened residents for several nights.

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Q&A: Councilman Samuels on tornado recovery

Q&A: Councilman Samuels on tornado recovery

It's been ten months since a tornado tore through north Minneapolis causing more than $16 million in damage to public infrastructure. City Council Member Don Samuels, who represents much of that area, speaks with MPR News.
by Tom Crann

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Milan wildfire could hint to risks ahead

Getting a taste of what may be ahead, firefighters Monday battled a wildfire which destroyed several buildings near Milan in southwest Minnesota.
by Mark Steil

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3 dead in small plane crash near Glencoe

3 dead in small plane crash near Glencoe

Authorities say no passengers survived a small plane crash in a field north of Glencoe.
by Martin Moylan

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ND man found dead near MN tracks was Amtrak rider

Authorities say a North Dakota man found dead along railroad tracks in western Minnesota was a passenger on an Amtrak train bound for Chicago.

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Body found along railroad near Moorhead ID'd

Authorities have identified a body found along railroad tracks in western Minnesota as a 27-year-old North Dakota man.

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