Disasters

May 3, 2011 1:28 PM

Victim of St. Paul fire identified

The victim of a fatal fire in St. Paul has been identified. Officials say the body of 85-year-old Marion Louis Smith was found after firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at her home Monday afternoon.

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May 2, 2011 6:58 PM

Truck driver indicted in accident that killed two

A grand jury has indicted 37-year-old Jason Styrbicky of Buffalo in a crash that killed two drivers and an unborn child and released thousands of bees in Lakeville last year.

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April 29, 2011 7:48 AM

Death toll in Wednesday's storms hits 329

As crews combed the remains of houses and neighborhoods pulverized by the nation's deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly eight decades, survivors were left trying to figure out how to put their lives back together.

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April 29, 2011 7:38 AM

Tornado survivors had minutes to seek refuge

Those who escaped the twisters that killed nearly 300 across six states tell tales of having just minutes or mere seconds to make life-and-death decisions.

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April 28, 2011 8:30 AM

Man's body found stuck in Twin Cities chimney

Authorities have removed the body of a man that was found stuck in the chimney of a Brooklyn Center apartment building.

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April 28, 2011 7:51 AM

Dayton to help honor MnDOT workers killed on job

Minnesota Department of Transportation employees are memorializing agency workers killed on the job in the last 50 years.

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April 28, 2011 6:08 AM

Tornadoes devastate South, killing at least 290

Massive tornadoes tore a town-flattening streak across the South, killing at least 280 people in six states and forcing rescuers to carry some survivors out on makeshift stretchers of splintered debris.