Disasters

July 23, 2010 11:30 AM

Small plane bound for Mayo Clinic crashes in Lake Michigan

A medical transport plane headed to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., carrying five people crashed into Lake Michigan on Friday. One person was rescued by a boater, officials said.

by John Flesher, Associated Press

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July 23, 2010 6:35 AM

Oil spill work on hold as Bonnie approaches

Work to permanently choke off the oil well that had been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was at a standstill Friday after ships around the site were ordered to evacuate ahead of the approaching Tropical Storm Bonnie.

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July 22, 2010 8:37 PM

Key ships ordered to leave Gulf spill site before storm

Engineers have grown so confident in the leaky cap fixed to well head that they will leave it closed while they leave the area as Tropical Storm Bonnie approaches.

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July 22, 2010 6:57 AM

Tropical depression races toward BP's leaky well

A tropical depression racing toward the Gulf of Mexico Thursday increased pressure on BP and the U.S. government to decide whether to evacuate dozens of ships at the site of the ruptured oil well.

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July 21, 2010 8:20 PM

A gathering storm halts Gulf oil well work

A storm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug the ruptured oil well to a near standstill Wednesday just as BP was getting tantalizingly close to going in for the kill.

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July 21, 2010 8:17 AM

Storms threaten to shut down BP's Gulf well work

The federal government's spill chief said a relief tunnel should finally reach BP's broken Gulf of Mexico well by the weekend, meaning the three-month-old gusher could be snuffed for good within two weeks.

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July 20, 2010 9:42 AM

Air search used to find bikers lost in park

Authorities searched by air for a mother and son who got lost while mountain biking in a 2,000-acre park in Dakota County.

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July 20, 2010 6:27 AM

Is experimental well cap making disaster worse?

Oil from BP's blown out well is again seeping into the Gulf of Mexico, but this time, more slowly and scientists aren't convinced the cap that stopped the flow last week is making things worse.