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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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Western Minn. man found dead in grain bin

A man has been found dead in grain bin in Lac qui Parle County.

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Gulf crews hope to wrap up kill-attempt tests

Gulf crews hope to wrap up kill-attempt tests

Crews hoped to begin pumping mud and perhaps cement down the throat of the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday in what BP officials said could be the method of attack that finally snuffs the spill.

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An oil spill in Michigan calls Minnesota's pipeline safety into question

A faulty pipe owned by the energy company Enbridge is to blame for the the recent oil spill in Michigan. More than 14-hundred miles of that very same Enbridge pipeline runs through northern Minnesota. State Fire Marshall Jerry Rosendahl oversees Minnesota's Office of Pipeline Safety. He joined Cathy Wurzer this morning by phone.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Man who died in Pelican Lake was Whalen in-law

A man found dead in a Crow Wing County lake was the brother-in-law of Minnesota Lynx basketball player Lindsay Whalen.

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Biologist using Noah's Ark idea to save sealife

Biologist using Noah's Ark idea to save sealife

On the chance that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens some sea creatures with extinction, naturalist Jack Rudloe hopes his laboratory can save them.

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EPA: Gulf dispersants not more toxic than oil

A new federal study of chemical dispersants used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico shows that when mixed with oil, the dispersant is less toxic to aquatic life than oil alone.

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