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Many Minn. crash victims unbelted this year

Safety officials say many of the people killed in Minnesota's first traffic crashes of the new year were not wearing seat belts.

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Family: Heils not among recovered passengers

Family: Heils not among recovered passengers

The children of an American couple missing since last week's cruise ship disaster in Italy says their parents are not among those passengers whose bodies were recently recovered.

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Italy lists missing cruise ship passengers

Italy lists missing cruise ship passengers

Officials have confirmed 11 dead, including six pulled from the wreckage since Monday. The identification of those six is still under way. No names have been released for the first five people found dead.

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Italian captain being placed under house arrest

Italian captain being placed under house arrest

ROME (AP) -- A lawyer says the captain who allegedly abandoned the crippled Costa Concordia cruise liner will be released from jail and placed under house arrest.

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Minn. couple missing after cruise ship wreck are devout Catholics

Minn. couple missing after cruise ship wreck are devout Catholics

A Minnesota couple missing after a cruise ship capsized off the west coast of Italy are devout Catholics who spent part of almost every day at church, where he taught religious classes and she made baked goods and other sweet treats for parishioners.

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Costa CEO blames captain error for ship grounding

Costa CEO blames captain error for ship grounding

The captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized deviation from its programmed course, a "human error" that led to the vessel's deadly grounding, the ship's Italian owner said Monday.

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