Disasters

Child rescue bid raises tough questions in Haiti
The arrest of 10 Americans for trying to take children out of Haiti has raised an uncomfortable question in this brutally poor and earthquake-devastated country: could some children be better off abroad under the grim circumstances?
An off-duty police officer died and another man was injured in a weekend snowmobile crash.
A 50-year-old woman is dead and seven people were injured from apparent carbon monoxide exposure in northern Minnesota.
Local, state and federal law enforcement will be holding a mock terrorism incident on Saturday morning in Minneapolis as part of a training exercise.
A Minneapolis woman who lost several members of her family in the Haiti earthquake suffered another tragedy when her 20-year old daughter was killed in a car accident Thursday night.
Doctors and aid workers say treating the tens of thousands of Haitians injured by the earthquake is taxing the country's devastated hospitals - as well as the efforts of physicians from around the world who are providing emergency care.
Voices of Haiti relief: Minnesotans pitching in to help
Local relief groups and citizens describe how they are responding to the earthquake in Haiti.
A group of Gustavus Adolphus College students and faculty who have been stranded near Machu Picchu in Peru have been airlifted to a nearby city.
Helping Haitians with day-to-day needs
After the earthquake that devastated Haiti, Minneapolis businessman Ashish Gadnis set up a Web site that actually collects things that will meet day-to-day needs of the earthquake survivors.