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Church of missing Minn. couple prays; more bodies pulled from water

Church of missing Minn. couple prays; more bodies pulled from water

Members of a Twin Cities Catholic church are praying for good news about their fellow parishioners who are still missing after a cruise ship capsized off the west coast of Italy Saturday.
by Annie Baxter

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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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Ill. fisherman rescued from Green Bay ice for the second time

Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Chief Curt Vandertie says the fisherman was unaware the ice had broken away and he was drifting away at about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.

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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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Minn. couple among missing in cruise ship wreck

Minn. couple among missing in cruise ship wreck

The children of a White Bear Lake couple say their parents are among the missing from a cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy.
by Annie Baxter and Rupa Shenoy

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Bodies of 2 men pulled from Wright County lake

Authorities have recovered the bodies of two young men who went missing Saturday after falling through the ice on Lake Charlotte in Wright County.
by Rupa Shenoy

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Search is on for 2 snowmobilers in Wright County

The search continues for two snowmobilers who may have fallen through the ice on Lake Charlotte in Wright County.

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2 bodies found on Italian cruise ship

2 bodies found on Italian cruise ship

Coast guard divers searching the submerged part of the Costa Concordia on Sunday found the bodies of two elderly people still in their life jackets, authorities said, raising to five the death toll after the luxury cruise liner ran aground and tipped over off the Tuscan coast.

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Minn. man dies in Wis. snowmobile accident

According to Buffalo County sheriff's department, Joseph Gillett, of St. Charles, Minn., struck a cable strung between two fence posts and was ejected from his snowmobile.

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Ship aground off Italy; 3 bodies found

Ship aground off Italy; 3 bodies found

Survivors who escaped a luxury cruise liner that ran aground and tipped over off Italy's coast recounted a chaotic and terrifying evacuation through the ship's upended hallways on Saturday, as divers searched the submerged part for any people still unaccounted for in the confusion.

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