Disasters

A University of Minnesota student was taken to the hospital Thursday night after his bicycle collided with a car. The crash follows a number of bike accidents in recent months near the U of M campus.
Long-feared flood rolls toward La. bayou country
The oil-and-seafood hub of Morgan City has been hit by one disaster after another, from hurricanes to the BP oil spill. The latest trouble involves a deluge of water that was diverted from the Mississippi River and is headed toward the town of about 12,000 people.
A speeding car ran over a tree with two dogs tied to it - killing one of them - before smashing into the front of a Duluth home.