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Images from the Minneapolis bridge collapse

A Flash presentation with images from the I-35 bridge collapse.

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Feds looking at sewer contractor's safety procedures

Feds looking at sewer contractor's safety procedures

OSHA is looking at whether Lametti and Sons' safety procedures were adequate to prevent the deaths of two sewer workers who drowned last week.
by Marisa Helms

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Edina girl injured in pool accident could go home this week

Edina girl injured in pool accident could go home this week

The parents of the 6-year-old Edina girl injured in a pool accident say their daughter could be released for Minneapolis Children's Hospital by the end of this week. Abigail Taylor was injured June 29 when she sat over an open drain in a wading pool at the Minneapolis Golf Club.
by Greta Cunningham

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Senate Commerce Committee approves pool safety bill

The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously passed legislation Thursday aimed at improving pool safety, less than a month after the injury of a 6-year-old Minnesota girl at a wading pool.
by Fred Frommer

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Dry weather worries parts of region

Dry weather worries parts of region

Despite heavy rain across parts of the region, concerns remain about dry conditions in Minnesota and South Dakota.
by Cara Hetland and Mark Steil

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Minnesota lawyers launch "Wills for Heroes" program

Minnesota lawyers launch "Wills for Heroes" program

Minnesota lawyers are donating their time to draft wills and health care directives for firefighters, police, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and corrections officers.
by Elizabeth Stawicki

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A miner's story

A miner's story

Richard Eklund and his wife Jeanette talk about the disease they've been dealing with since he retired from the LTV mine. He worked with asbestos, and now it's eating away at his lungs.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Miners angered by Health Department delay

Miners angered by Health Department delay

Some retired mine workers are fuming at the Minnesota Department of Health's decision to withhold information for a year, about the death of 35 miners from mesothelioma.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Inadequate oxygen supply, pilot error blamed for fatal crash

William R. Cammack Jr., 56, of St. Paul, Minn., was flying from Montana to his home on March 17, 2006, when air traffic controllers in Minneapolis lost radio contact with his twin-engine Beech Baron 56TC.

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Wildfire academy trains firefighters

Wildfire academy trains firefighters

Nearly 500 people participated this week in the Minnesota Wildfire Academy at Itasca Community College in Grand Rapids. The program is in its seventh year offering basic and advanced training for folks who battle forest fires.
by Tom Robertson

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