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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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Business, gov't leaders meet to talk emergency preparedness

Leaders from businesses, government and other sectors of the community are coming together in Minneapolis Friday to discuss how they can work together in times of crisis.

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Another Mpls. lawsuit likely over 35W bridge wreckage

Another lawsuit from the Interstate 35W bridge collapse is looming - this one over rusting wreckage that has kept a Minneapolis park fenced off for two years.

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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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Photos: Austin bus accident

Photos: Austin bus accident

A tour bus returning from an Iowa casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21, authorities said.

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OSHA to investigate Rosemount ammonia leak

Federal investigators will try to determine what caused an anhydrous ammonia leak that killed a truck driver and injured three other people in Rosemount.

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Still no sign of missing MN pilot

Search crews turned up empty after another day of the ground and air search in northwestern Minnesota for a pilot missing since Friday

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