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Rep. Oberstar pushing motor carrier regulations

Rep. Oberstar pushing motor carrier regulations

The bus rollover on I-90 just west of Austin Minnesota that killed two people and injured 21 others this week came just two days after the federal Department of Transportation released a new "action plan" for improving bus safety.

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Crash investigation turns to bus company

Crash investigation turns to bus company

The probe into the bus crash that killed two people and injured 20 others continues in southeast Minnesota today. Inspectors are combing over the damaged bus at a garage in Austin. But attention has also turned to the company that owns the bus, and whether it was following motor carrier regulations.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tim Nelson

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Part of SD town evacuated after chemical leak

Residents of this northeastern South Dakota town who were evacuated after an anhydrous ammonia leak returned to their homes Thursday morning unharmed.

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Investigators to resume work in bus tour crash

Investigators to resume work in bus tour crash

Authorities will get a better look today at the tour bus that flipped over on Interstate 90 yesterday afternoon near Austin, Minnesota. The crash killed two people and injured 21 others, with some in critical condition. The group was on the way back to Rochester, after a trip to the Diamond Jo casino in Northwood, Iowa.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tim Nelson

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MSP dodges worst of airport delays

The Minneapolis airport is experiencing minimal delays even as other airports cope with a Federal Aviation Administration computer glitch.

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