Disasters

February 19, 2010 6:14 AM

Texas man angry with IRS crashes plane into office

A software engineer who crashed his plane into a Texas office building containing nearly 200 Internal Revenue Service employees, killing himself and at least one worker, apparently left behind an irate anti-government manifesto but offered little other hint of his intentions before the attack.

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February 19, 2010 5:00 AM

SW Minn. braces for possible spring floods

A new flood forecast due Friday is expected to confirm what many people, including Leroy Harnack, in Minnesota's Red River Valley already know: there's a lot of snow out there, and with it, a big potential for flooding.

by Mark Steil

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February 18, 2010 2:55 PM

Fire consumes retail center in south Mpls.

Minneapolis fire department officials say an accidental grease fire that started in a restaurant kitchen caused a two-alarm blaze that heavily damaged several nearby shops.

by Brandt Williams

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February 18, 2010 6:35 AM

Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in U.S.

Eight American missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti returned to the U.S. aboard a military cargo plane early Thursday after nearly three weeks in a Haitian jail. But two others remained detained in an ordeal sparked by the group's attempt to take 33 children out of the earthquake-stricken country.

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February 17, 2010 8:24 PM

Haiti's earthquake camps turning into shanty towns

First there was an empty field. Then came rows of makeshift tents. Now those camps are turning into shanty towns - with bakeries, lottery stands and homes - that show no sign of moving soon.

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February 17, 2010 9:15 AM

Minn. man falls out of wheelchair in cold, dies

Authorities are investigating how a paraplegic man died after reportedly falling out of his wheelchair and being found in the cold near Sebeka.

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February 17, 2010 12:00 AM

Voices of Haiti relief

More stories of Minnesotans' efforts to help out in Haiti in the aftermath of last month's earthquake.

by Molly Bloom

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February 16, 2010 10:15 AM

Flight cleared after bomb threat at Philly airport

An airline spokeswoman says it was a domestic dispute that led to a bomb threat that forced security to sweep a flight at Philadelphia International Airport.