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Officials: Gov't to issue new oil moratorium

The Obama administration will issue a new revised moratorium on offshore drilling Monday, two administration officials told The Associated Press.

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BP's new oil cap headed for well, then testing

BP's new oil cap headed for well, then testing

BP expected to attach a tight, new cap Monday on its busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, putting the oil giant a few tantalizing steps closer to knowing whether the fix will be enough to finally stop crude from gushing into the Gulf.

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$35.5M in public damage from Minn. June tornadoes

$35.5M in public damage from Minn. June tornadoes

A partial estimate of damage from the tornadoes that thrashed much of Minnesota last month is about $35 million.

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New cap, ships could contain Gulf leak by Monday

The federal official leading the Gulf oil spill cleanup says a new containment cap and an additional ship collecting oil could effectively contain the spill as early as Monday.

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Disaster center set up after June 17 tornado

The state is setting up a disaster recovery center to help those in Wadena and Otter Tail counties who were struck by recent storms.

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URS says it didn't know I-35W bridge would fall

URS says it didn't know I-35W bridge would fall

An engineering company that consulted on the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis said Thursday it should not have to pay punitive damages because it didn't know about the design flaw that caused the bridge to collapse in 2007, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Crash victims' families push for new airline rules

Relatives of the victims of a New York commuter air crash are in Minnesota lobbying for new regulations for the nation's smaller airlines.
by Bob Kelleher

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Magnitude-5.4 quake strikes SoCal desert

The earthquake that rattled through Southern California with only minor damage and no injuries came as no surprise to seismologists.

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2 killed in semi-car collision identified

The Minnesota State Patrol says the two people killed in an Otter Tail County crash were a 9-year-old girl and 32-year-old Evansville man.

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