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8-year-old improves after sailboat accident

Isaiah Risland remained Sunday at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis.

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Rochester driver pulls over before death

Rochester police say a driver pulled over to the shoulder of a highway just before he died.

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Task force addresses MN drownings

The newly formed Twin Cities Metro Water Safety Task Force held the first of three events this weekend aimed at addressing an increase in pool and hot tub drownings.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Teen killed in bridge accident had survived bloody Congo war

Teen killed in bridge accident had survived bloody Congo war

A St. Paul high school is remembering a student they describe as someone extraordinary, who died in a freak accident Thursday night.
by Tim Post

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Students keep drunks from drowning in Mississippi River near La Crosse

Students keep drunks from drowning in Mississippi River near La Crosse

On a recent weekend night, four young men stand guard along the Mississippi River bank for a night of keeping drunks on dry land. They are part of another attempt to save lives in La Crosse, which has struggled for years to break a string of alcohol-related drownings.

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Study: Women behind most gas pedal accidents

Accidents in which drivers mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brake tend to involve older female drivers in parking lots, a new government study has found.

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Teen killed after car tire goes flat

The Minnesota State Patrol says the 19-year-old man was in the eastbound lanes of Highway 55 on the Mendota Bridge around 5:30 p.m. Thursday when a tire blew on his 1998 Nissan Maxima.

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Son is 'hero,' says mother of driver in crash

Son is 'hero,' says mother of driver in crash

Kansas Highway Patrol investigators are still trying to determine what caused a motor home crash on April 1 that killed five members of a Minnesota family and injured 13 others.
by Madeleine Baran and Jon Collins

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Pilot OK after Fargo plane belly landing

The pilot was flying a Beechcraft Bonanza. He wasn't identified. The plane wasn't carrying any passengers.

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Powerful Indonesia quakes trigger tsunami warnings

Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia on Wednesday, sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. There were no signs of deadly waves, however, or serious damage, and a watch for much of the Indian Ocean was lifted after a few hours.

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