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Man found dead in garage fire near Eveleth

A man has been found dead inside a garage that burned in Fayal Township, south of Eveleth in northeastern Minnesota.

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Plow driver injured in Minn. snowplow-train crash

A man was critically injured when the Minnesota Department of Transportation snowplow he was driving was struck by a train.

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Italian divers find body in cruise ship corridor

Italian divers find body in cruise ship corridor

The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, raising the death toll to 12 in the week-old accident that has sent some light fuel spilling into the Mediterranean off Tuscany.

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Duluth grandmother killed, grandson injured in crash

Police say a drunken driver caused the crash that killed a Duluth grandmother and critically injured the grandson she was driving to school.

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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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Prayer vigil tonight for missing Minnesotans

Prayer vigil tonight for missing Minnesotans

Barbara and Jerry Heil are the only Americans among the more than 20 people who remain unaccounted for.
by Matt Sepic

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Family: No word on Minn. couple missing on cruise

The family of a Minnesota couple missing after a cruise ship capsized off the coast of Italy say they have received no word on the couple.

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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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