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Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens dies in plane crash

Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens dies in plane crash

A plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens and eight others crashed in remote southwest Alaska, killing the longtime Republican lawmaker and four other people.

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Feds: Storms delay drilling for final BP well plug

Approaching storms forced crews to suspend drilling the final stretch of a relief well aimed at shooting a permanent underground plug into BP's busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the government's point man for the disaster said Tuesday.

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Funeral for plane crash victim from Minn. on Saturday

A funeral service will be held Saturday in northern Minnesota for a National Guard major killed in the crash of a military cargo plane in Alaska.

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Aid worker slain in Afghanistan had Minn. ties

One of the six American aid workers killed in Afghanistan last week had ties to Minnesota.
by Tom Robertson

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Gulf relief well crews watch for tropical weather

Gulf relief well crews watch for tropical weather

Crews finishing work meant to forever stop oil from leaking from a blown-out undersea well into the Gulf may have one more hurdle to overcome: the weather.

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Final plug targeted as BP resumes relief well work

Final plug targeted as BP resumes relief well work

BP crews were drilling cautiously Monday to finish a relief well designed to shoot a permanent plug into the oil gusher that polluted the Gulf of Mexico for more than 12 weeks.

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2 dead, 3 hurt in crash near Glyndon in NW Minn.

Two people have died and three were injured in a two-vehicle crash east of the northwestern Minnesota town of Glyndon.

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Dozens of firefighters battle barber shop blaze

Dozens of firefighters battled an intense blaze near the State Capitol.

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Parts of Duluth swamped by flash flooding

Residents of some Duluth neighborhoods are cleaning up this morning after flash flooding swept through in the late night and early morning.

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Itasca sheriff finds body of missing kayaker

Authorities have recovered the body of a missing kayaker from a lake near Grand Rapids.

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