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2 motorists strike moose in NW Minn.

A moose is dead after being struck by two sports utility vehicles in northwestern Minnesota.

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Charges filed in Minn. crash that killed 3

A 17-year-old boy has been charged in a crash that killed three other young people and injured a fourth in southeastern Minnesota.

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Hunters rescue couple stranded in Long Lake

A Minnesota couple is thanking strangers for rescuing them from a frightening ordeal on a lake southwest of the Twin Cities.

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Flood victims wait for word from feds

Residents of Minnesota's Zumbro Falls have made progress in cleaning up from September's flooding. But, that doesn't mean life has returned to normal.

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2 hurt in small plane crash in Rice County

A small plane crashed into a bean field south of Lonsdale in Rice County after hitting some power lines. Two people suffered minor injuries.

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Hungary sludge reservoir at risk of collapse

Hungary sludge reservoir at risk of collapse

The cracking wall of an industrial plant reservoir could collapse at any moment and send a new wave of caustic red sludge into towns devastated by a deluge this week, Hungary's prime minister said Saturday.

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A way out, at last, for Chile's 33 trapped miners

A way out, at last, for Chile's 33 trapped miners

Sixty-six agonizing days after their gold and copper mine collapsed above them, 33 miners were offered a way out Saturday as a drill broke through to their underground purgatory.

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Northern Minnesota marks 100th anniversary of epic forest fire

Northern Minnesota marks 100th anniversary of epic forest fire

The fire wiped out hundreds of thousands of acres of forest, destroyed much of the town of Baudette, and left little but ashes of the communities of Pitt, Graceton and Cedar Spur
by Dan Gunderson

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