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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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Minn. hiker struck by lightning in Rocky Mountains

Officials at Rocky Mountain National Park say a man hiking Longs Peak was struck by lightning but had no memory of being hit.

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Judge to rule on new trial for Minn. Toyota driver

A Minnesota man convicted in a deadly 2006 Toyota crash will soon learn whether he gets a new trial.
by Tim Nelson

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Driver of truck in fatal accident was cited before

The truck driver who lost a landscape block and caused a deadly highway crash was fined last year for failing to secure his load.

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EPA chief: too early to assess oil spills' damages

The head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency says it's too early to assess the damages from two oil spills -- one in the Gulf of Mexico and the other in Michigan's Kalamazoo River.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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US Bank online banking restored; power outage blamed

US Bank online banking customers have had trouble getting into their accounts following a power outage at one of the bank's operation centers.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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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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911 outage in NE Minn. not causing major problems

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said 911 service in Ely, Babbitt, Floodwood, International Falls, McGregor, Aurora, Tower, Two Harbors and Ranier might be interrupted between now and about 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
by Bob Kelleher and Elizabeth Dunbar

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