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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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Separate Minn. water sports claim 1 life, maybe 2

A boating accident in Cass County has claimed one life, and a missing kayaker is presumed dead in a separate report from Itasca County.

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Minn. man, 20, suffers neck injury in shallow dive

A Belgrade man remains hospitalized after suffering a neck injury this week while diving from a dock into shallow water.

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Chemical mix sickens Eagan hotel employees

Six hotel employees in Eagan were taken to the hospital after becoming sick from a toxic mix of chemicals.

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