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Apartment fire hits building in Burnsville

Hundreds of people are in search of a new place to live after an apartment building in Burnsville was destroyed by fire. About 360 people were evacuated from the apartments and a nearby building. Some of them spent the night at Burnsville high school

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NTSB releases final report on 35W bridge collapse

The National Transportation Safety Board's report mirrors what the board said at the end of a two-day public hearing last month: that a design error was the probable cause.

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Family says man charged in Gunflint wildfire loved Minnesota

Family says man charged in Gunflint wildfire loved Minnesota

The man accused of starting the Ham Lake fire is being remembered as someone who cherished the area he allegedly set ablaze. According to his lawyer, Stephen Posniak committed suicide Tuesday at his Washington D.C. home.
by Bob Kelleher

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DC man charged in Gunflint wildfire kills self

DC man charged in Gunflint wildfire kills self

A Washington, D.C., man accused of causing one of the most destructive forest fires in Minnesota history has committed suicide, his attorney said Tuesday.

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Remembering a fierce Great Lakes storm

Remembering a fierce Great Lakes storm

In the fall of 1905, a powerful storm struck the Great Lakes, causing one of the most dramatic shipping disasters in the nation's history. A new book by Curt Brown tells the story of that storm: "So Terrible a Storm: A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior."
by Cathy Wurzer

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