Disasters

Churches, schools and city halls around Minnesota will join with many more nationwide in tolling their bells to commemorate the anniversary of Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake and the 300,000 people killed, but it will be particularly poignant for one Duluth church.
Minn. aid groups continue focus on Haiti one year after quake
Minnesota aid organizations hope to use the one-year anniversary of Haiti's devastating earthquake on Wednesday as a reminder of the unfinished recovery.
An IranAir passenger jet carrying 106 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing Sunday in a snowstorm in the country's northwest and broke into several pieces, killing 71 of those on board, Iranian media reported. The others survived with light injuries.
Firefighters in the Minnesota Iron Range town of Virginia had to battle bitter cold while fighting a fire that struck three houses Friday.
A twin-engine regional jet has landed safely at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison after reporting engine trouble.
Audio gives details of Luke Bucklin plane crash
The pilot of a single-engine airplane was struggling to get over Wyoming's highest mountains in bad weather before it crashed and killed the pilot and three of his young sons, a voice recording shows.
A pastor and his wife have died in a traffic crash in the Twin Cities.
The St. Paul Fire Department says workers trying to clear an ice dam from a house this week accidentally started a fire.
Carelessly discarded cigarettes are being blamed for a house fire that killed a University of St. Thomas student and injured three others last month.
The Edina Fire Department evacuated the homes near 5400 Kellogg Avenue after a natural gas leak was discovered, according to the city of Edina's website.