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As Gulf plug firms up, BP shakes up its spill team

A mud-and-cement plug cured Friday in a blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, a key effort in snuffing the massive leak for good, while a BP personnel shuffle indicated shifting priorities as the petroleum giant gains the upper hand.

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14-year-olds rescued from Minn. lake

Two 14-year-old girls, struggling in the water after their canoe capsized on a southern Minnesota lake, were rescued by a police officer and a police department secretary.

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2 dead, dozens hurt in school bus crash in Mo.

Two school buses packed with children crashed into a tractor-trailer near St. Louis Thursday, leaving two dead and at least 50 people injured, officials said.

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Teen killed by flying landscape rock

A 17-year-old boy was killed when a landscape block fell off a truck and crashed through the windshield of a van in Steele County.

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As BP plugs leak, report says most of oil is gone

As BP plugs leak, report says most of oil is gone

BP claimed a key victory Wednesday in the effort to plug its blown-out well as a government report said much of the spilled oil is gone - though what's left is still nearly five times the amount that poured from the Exxon Valdez.

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