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Closures ordered as BWCA forest fire grows

A forest fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area near Ely has grown to about 4,500 acres.

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Recollections of 9/11

Recollections of 9/11

Minnesotans recollect where they were when they first heard of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
by Molly Bloom

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Gov. Dayton on 9/11 and the decade since

On Sunday, it will be ten years to the day since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. All this week we've been looking at what's changed over the course of the difficult decade that followed. In 2001, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton was a U.S. Senator. He was in Washington on the day of the attacks.

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Terrorist threat "specific, credible," NYC mayor Bloomberg says

Terrorist threat "specific, credible," NYC mayor Bloomberg says

Just days before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. counterterrorism officials were chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington.

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Russians search for answers in jet crash that decimated hockey team

Russians search for answers in jet crash that decimated hockey team

The crash Wednesday killed 36 players, coaches and staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team, including European and former NHL players including Pavol Dimitra, who played for the Minnesota Wild.

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FAA is investigating McLeod County plane crash

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a small plane crash that killed an 80-year-old man in McLeod County.

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Ex-Wild player among 43 killed in Russian jet crash

Ex-Wild player among 43 killed in Russian jet crash

A private Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team slammed into a riverbank moments after takeoff Wednesday, killing at least 43 people in one of the worst plane crashes ever involving a sports team.

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A wild year for weather

A wild year for weather

Severe drought in Texas and an active hurricane season in the Atlantic are just the latest events in what has already been an active year in meteorology. MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner joins Midmorning to discuss what's going on with our weather.
by Paul Huttner

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