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A car hit the side of a train in St. Paul.
Construction booming, but apartments hard to find
Builders added 4,470 market-rate units in the Twin Cities in 2014 and 3,500 are expected this year. But with few vacancies and rising rents, affordable places are hard to find.
Nobody else was injured in the incident, which marked the city's fourth fire-related fatality of 2015.
St. Paul aims to pump up its bike-route network
The plan would add about 200 miles of bike routes to the city, including a Grand Round.
Overnight fire closes Henry High School in Minneapolis
Minneapolis Public Schools officials say no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.