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Minneapolis police arrest man in fatal hit-and-run

Minneapolis police have arrested a man in a hit-and-run crash in south Minneapolis that left one person dead and three others injured.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Summit calls for reduction in distracted driving

Making sure drivers keep their eyes on the road will require a network of tough laws, enforcement by police and personal responsibility, the government said Tuesday.

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Xcel reporting metro power outages after strong storms

Xcel reporting metro power outages after strong storms

Hundreds of people remain without power this morning, after a line of severe thunderstorms swept through the Twin Cities area early this morning.
by Tim Nelson

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Woman struck, killed on Minn. highway

The State Patrol says a Becker woman was struck and killed while walking along a highway in Sherburne County.

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Blown-out BP well finally killed at bottom of Gulf

A permanent cement plug sealed BP's well nearly 2.5 miles below the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico, five agonizing months after an explosion sank a drilling rig and led to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

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Cement flows for permanent plug of BP's Gulf well

Cement flows for permanent plug of BP's Gulf well

Crews pumped cement into BP's blown-out oil well thousands of feet below the sea bottom Saturday, working to finally seal the runaway well.

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Helicopter crashes into NE Minn lake

A pilot was rescued after crashing his helicopter into a northeastern Minnesota lake early Friday.

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Safety advocate dies in highway crash

A man who founded a non-profit agency aimed at keeping Minnesota roadways safe has died in a highway crash in Chisago County.

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Allen: Blown-out Gulf well to be sealed by Sunday

The U.S. government's point man on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Wednesday that BP's blown-out well is expected to be permanently sealed and declared dead by Sunday, nearly five months after a rig explosion set off the disaster.

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