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Disasters

BWCA fire consumes more than 23 square miles

The largest and fastest growing wildfire in years is burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It's about a mile away from the evacuation "trigger point" for the end of the Gunflint Trail. MPR's Perry Finelli talked with a Grand Marais outfitter about the situation.
by Perry Finelli

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Dry conditions hit some crops hard

Dry conditions hit some crops hard

Minnesota crops suffered more damage last week as hot, mostly dry conditions dominated the weather. The weekly crop report says corn has been especially hard hit.
by Mark Steil

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Low levels in Minnesota rivers affecting water quality

Low levels in Minnesota rivers affecting water quality

Many Minnesota rivers and streams are approaching dangerously low levels because of the recent hot and dry weather. Some experts are worried those conditions are already affecting water quality.
by Tim Post

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Fires continue burning in BWCA

Fires continue burning in BWCA

A fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, the largest in years, continues to spread. It now threatens to force some property owners off their land.
by Bob Kelleher

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Hot weather fuels BWCA fire

Hot weather fuels BWCA fire

Gov. Tim Pawlenty travels to northeastern Minnesota Sunday to check on a fire that's burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

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Race and the hurricane

Race and the hurricane

In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, President Bush acknowledged that the disaster laid bare the persistent racial inequalities in America, but Bush strongly rejected the idea that the federal government's response to Katrina was somehow racist. Social critic Michael Eric Dyson was not convinced.

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Chernobyl's shadow

Chernobyl's shadow

It was 20 years ago that a nuclear reactor blew up at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, in what became the worst nuclear disaster in world history. Even after two decades have passed, the health effects of Chernobyl are still a subject of debate.

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The journalistic response to Hurricane Katrina

The journalistic response to Hurricane Katrina

The 2006 Pulitzer Prizes recognized two Gulf Coast newspapers for their coverage of Hurricane Katrina, but National Public Radio's Michele Norris says that not all the journalism that came out of the storm was stellar.

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Red River still rising

People will be sandbagging and shoring up dikes Monday in the Fargo-Moorhead area. Gov. Pawlenty has called on 135 National Guard troops to help bolster flood preparations in that area as the Red River keeps rising. MPR's Bob Reha updates the situation from Moorhead.

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