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Baby born after collision with suspect fleeing police dies

Prosecutors have charged a Waite Park man in the police chase that injured the baby's 22-year-old mother and killed a 30-year-old man.

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1 dead in Twin Cities area house fire

One person has died in a house fire in a Twin Cities suburb.
by Brandt Williams

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Woman critically injured in collision with cow in Winona

A Wisconsin woman was critically injured when her minivan collided with a cow on a Minnesota interstate.

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Experts fear another oil disaster

Experts fear another oil disaster

With everything Big Oil and the government have learned in the year since the Gulf of Mexico disaster, could it happen again? Absolutely, according to an Associated Press examination of the industry and interviews with experts on the perils of deep-sea drilling.

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Driver injures 3 pedestrians in Dinkytown near U

A hit-and-run driver struck three pedestrians as they walked home in Dinkytown near the University of Minnesota campus, police said.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Fire damages beet plant in East Grand Forks; no one hurt

A boiler fire caused damage at the American Crystal Sugar beet processing plant in East Grand Forks but did not interrupt operations. No one was hurt.

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Interstate 29 reopens north of Fargo

Interstate 29 reopens north of Fargo

Officials have reopened a 30-mile stretch of Interstate 29 that was closed north of Fargo due to flooding.

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Troubled dam still threatens North Dakota town

Residents downstream of a troubled dam on the Des Lacs River in northwest North Dakota remain under a flash flood watch through Saturday night.

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Flood turns Minn. prairie town into temporary island

Flood turns Minn. prairie town into temporary island

All roads leading into Oslo are flooded, isolating the tiny town 25 miles north of Grand Forks. City officials say three consecutive years of major floods have been inconvenient and tough on businesses.
by Tom Robertson

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I-29 north of Fargo remains closed due to floodwaters

I-29 north of Fargo remains closed due to floodwaters

The North Dakota Department of Transportation expects Interstate 29 north of Fargo to remain closed for a couple more days. The interstate was closed on Sunday when several inches of floodwater flowed across all four lanes.
by Dan Gunderson

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