Disasters

Environmental fallout from Gulf oil spill
The release of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico could have profound effects for wildlife and aquatic life, and now is threatening to go beyond the Gulf. Midmorning looks at the impact of the spill.
A high school in Harmony is not in session on Thursday after a fire broke out the day before in the school's boiler room during lunch hour.
The Democrat from northern Minnesota is chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which has jurisdiction over water poluttion regulation and the U.S. Coast Guard.
An attorney who spent 21 years representing Alaska residents and fishermen after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill said he's considering getting involved in the recent spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
A passenger in a car was injured when the vehicle collided with a school bus full of children in St. Paul Tuesday morning.
No one was injured when an early morning fire forced the evacuation of about 30 people from a three-story apartment building in south Fargo.
BP's ongoing oil containment efforts
President Obama is sending a bomb builder and Mars expert to help BP tackle the problem of stopping the oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico. Midmorning asks if the latest engineering efforts are good enough and which ideas are still left on the table.