Disasters

October 13, 2010 12:33 PM

Mankato mayor pleads guilty to drunken driving

Mankato's mayor won't be serving any jail time after pleading guilty Wednesday to drunken driving and having an open intoxicant in his car.

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October 13, 2010 8:41 AM

Defendant says he drank 2 beers, shot before crash

Prosecutors say the man accused of driving drunk and killing three people along a Wisconsin interstate told an investigator he had two beers and a shot of liquor hours before the crash.

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October 13, 2010 7:40 AM

Newsmaker: Chilean miners rescued

As Chilean miners emerge from the underground mine where they've been trapped for two months, Midmorning looks at the psychological issues they'll confront, and what their saga tells us about how humans deal with stress and adversity.

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October 12, 2010 5:47 PM

Chile choreographs dramatic finish to rescue saga

Rescuers prepared to lower two paramedics almost a half-mile into a collapsed mine Tuesday, the precursor to fresh air and freedom for 33 men trapped for 69 days. No one in history has been trapped underground so long and survived.

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October 12, 2010 3:30 PM

Lawmakers: Deal close on flood aid for Minnesota

Capitol negotiators say they have the framework for a disaster relief package the Minnesota Legislature will consider in a yet-scheduled special session.

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October 12, 2010 12:59 PM

Mother arrested after toddler crashes SUV

St. Paul police say they arrested a mother after she left her 3-year-old daughter in a running SUV, which the toddler put into drive and smashed through a store window.

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October 12, 2010 11:53 AM

Highway 101 bridge over Minnesota River reopens

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is reopening a key river crossing in the Minnesota River Valley on Tuesday afternoon.

by Tim Nelson

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October 12, 2010 11:46 AM

Gov't: Offshore oil drilling ban to be lifted

The Obama administration is lifting the six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico imposed after the BP oil spill, officials said Tuesday.