Disasters

Officials say a jet carrying 74 people made an emergency landing at the Aspen, Colo., airport after smoke entered the pilot's cabin.
A 6-year-old girl wandered into freeway traffic near Minneapolis, where she was struck and killed by an SUV in the first lane she entered, the Minnesota State Patrol said.
St. Cloud police say a fire has swept through a home, leaving one man dead and two people with apparently minor injuries.
Foggy conditions may have contributed to a multi-car pileup involving more than 20 vehicles near Kaukauna.
Rescuers have set up a triage area in the middle of an Interstate south of Phoenix as they treat more than a dozen people injured in a deadly bus crash.
Man dies after being trapped in corn bin
Deputies say the man was trying to dislodge frozen corn inside the bin Thursday morning when the grain collapsed onto him and suffocated him.
One person is dead in a fire at a condominium complex in Little Canada.
Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood said his agency may recommend that all new vehicles come equipped with brakes that can override the gas pedal.