A three-vehicle pileup, involving two semis and a passenger vehicle, killed two women Tuesday morning, authorities said, according to the Star Tribune.
The crash happened on I-90 eastbound in southwestern Minnesota near Luverne, the Pioneer Press reported.
The crash occurred at 6:30 a.m. and eastbound traffic was stopped for most of the morning.
Officials say the roads were in icy condition during the crash.
A woman was killed and a man was injured after a shooting in south Minneapolis Monday night, authorities said, the Star Tribune reported.
Police are continuing to search for the suspects, according to the Pioneer Press.
Several 911 calls were made just after 8 p.m. reporting gun shots.
Abbott Northwestern Hospital contacted police, reporting that a man and woman had been admitted with gunshot wounds.
The woman was pronounced dead in the emergency room. The man was brought to the Hennepin County Medical Center, where he survived.
A former Cretin-Derham Hall high school teacher was sentenced one year in jail and a $300 fine Monday for having sex with one of her students in 2008, the Star Tribune reported.
Gail Elin Gagne, 28, was told by the judge that she must register as a sex offender for sleeping with the 16-year-old boy and she will be on probation for two years, according to the Pioneer Press.
Gagne was ordered to have no contact with the student or his family.
Gagne lost her career and cannot teach again.
An eagle ray, weighing up to 300 points, slammed into a woman on a boat in the Florida Keys last week, CNN reported.
Jenny Hausch, a tourist from Illinois, was off the coast of Islamorado when the ray landed on her and pinned her down, according to MSN.
Two Florida Fish and Wildlife officers who were passing by in their boat helped get the ray off of Hausch and put it back in the water.
Before the ray flew into the charter boat, Hausch, her husband, and three children were taking photos of a group of eagle rays flying in and out of the water.
Hausch says this incident was the "scariest thing" that's happened to her.
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are struggling to keep radioactive water from getting into the ocean while trying to keep reactors cool, CNN reported.
Toxic plutonium is seeping into soil outside Japan's zone of damage, officials confirmed Tuesday, the Pioneer Press reported.
Officials said that the leaked plutonium is not an immediate threat to public health.
Tons of water have been used to keep the plant's radioactive fuel cool. The plant is now running out of space to store the contaminated water.
Workers are using sandbags and concrete panels to contain the water.
On March 23, 2011, actress Elizabeth Taylor passed away. Her obituary in the New York Times, A Lustrous Pinnacle of Hollywood Glamour, starts with a standard lead. It lists her name, her prominence and what she was known for, when and where she died, followed by another sentence saying her age.
The second paragraph of the obituary describes how she died. The reporter used Taylor's publicist as a source, along with a spokeswoman from the hospital. Later in the obituary they quote a director she worked with for one of the movies she acted in.
This obituary differs greatly from a resume because it is told in a story-like way. It does not simply list out facts and numbers from Taylor's life. Instead, it captures her personality, achievements, and how she lived her life. The obituary quotes people who knew her to describe and commemorate her. The obituary goes into long detail about how she was as a person.
Widespread flooding across Minnesota is still occuring, according to a flood forecast the National Weather Service issued on Friday, Fox 9 News reported.
The Red River Valley is expected to get major flooding.
Grey Cloud Island Township has already experienced damage from flooding, according to the Star Tribune.
Houses near the shore of the Mississippi river have been sandbagged for damage prevention.
The biggest concern of the Grey Cloud Island residents is that bridges will be washed away.
A boy, 4, of Akeley, died when his father accidently backed over him while plowing snow, the Pioneer Press reported.
Kyle Vredenburg was riding his bike Thursday when he got too close to where his dad was snow plowing, according to the Star Tribune.
He died while being flown to a hospital.
Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes said he will not press charges against the father.
A 21-year-old Blaine man is being charged with felony third-degree murder after supplying teens at a party with a synthetic drug called 2C-E that killed on man, the Pioneer Press reported.
Timothy Lamere supplied Trevor Robinson, 19, with the synthetic drug. The drug immediately gave Robinson a heart attack and killed him, according the the Star Tribune.
Robinson was taken to the hospital but died that afternoon. He had no pre-existing health issues that would explain his sudden death.
Ten other people at the party overdosed on the drug.
Lamere was arrested on Friday, but is not being held in jail.
The woman charged in the day care fire that killed four children will be back in Texas within 24 hours, according to authorities, CNN reported.
Jessica Tata, 22, attempted to flee to Nigeria after the deadly Feb. 24 fire, Fox 10 TV reported.
Tata, who had a home day care in Houston, left seven children at home with the stove on while she went to the store, authorities said.
The fire killed four children and injured three.
Tata was taken into custody in Port Harcourt, Nigeria on Saturday.
Officials said Tata turned herself in.
Smoke billowed out of two reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Monday despite a strong effort to reduce the amount of radioactive materials being released, according to CNN.
Workers evacuated the area after white smoke was spewing from No. 2 reactor and gray smoke from the No. 3 reactor, the National Journal reported.
The No. 3 reactor has been safety officials main concern while trying to reduce the possibility of a meltdown.
No. 3 contains plutonium mixed with uranium in its fuel rods, which experts say could be more harmful than just regular uranium in the event of a meltdown.
There has been no evidence of an explosion, a rise in the radioactive levels, or injury to anyone around the reactor, according to authorities.
A tsunami warning has been issued in Japan after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Wednesday, according to CNN.
The center of the earthquake 105 miles off the coast of Honshu, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
There were no immediate reports of damage in the proximity of the earthquake, Yahoo News reported.
The earthquake occurred 8.8 miles under the earth's surface.
A 6.3 magnitude shock occurred after the initial earthquake.
Minnesota man and owner of a bus company died Monday after being trapped under a garage door, the Pioneer Press reported.
Stephen Peterson, 51, of Barnesville, was found trapped under a garage door at his bus company by his brother, according to the Star Tribune.
Peterson apparently got stuck under the garage door as it was closing, authorities said.
Peterson was part-owner of Barnesville Bus Co.
It appears that there was no malfunction with the garage door, authorities said.
An Eagan man will spend 30 days in jail once a year for the next decade on the anniversary of the car crash he caused that killed his best friend, the Star Tribune reported.
Matthew Russell Willis, 26, was ordered this staggered sentence Monday, according to the Pioneer Press.
Willis was sentenced 60 days of initial jail time and then the staggered jail time throughout the next decade to remind him of what he caused, according to the Pioneer Press.
In 2008 Willis sped around a curve on Hwy. 3 in Inver Grove Heights, causing him to crash into an oncoming SUV.
The crash killed his best friend and severely injured the two women in the SUV.
So far thirteen adults and five juveniles have been arrested in the case of an alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old Texas girl, according to CNN.
The alleged rape took place in Cleveland, Texas.
Four boys of the Cleveland Independent School District have been charged with aggravated sexual assault, KLTV reported.
The age range of the 18 people charged is between 14 and 27 years old, authorities said.
The adults arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a child could face up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted, since it's a first-degree felony in Texas, according to authorities.
Police found the body of a California exchange student in the Manzanares River in Madrid on Tuesday, the New York Times reports.
Austin Taylor Bice, 22, went missing 10 days earlier after a night out with friends, according to CNN.
An initial visual exam of the body shows no signs of violence or foul play, authorities said.
Bice, who went to San Diego University, went missing February 26, after leaving a discotheque alone and telling his friends he was heading home.
There will be an autopsy of the body.
Vice President Biden will be traveling to three different countries in the next week to discuss issues with leaders of those nations. In the press release the information is clear and concise. It details where exactly he wiil go, who he is traveling with, who he will talk to and what they will discuss. The press release is short and too the point, containing all the key facts.
The article about the press conference is much longer in length than the press release. The reporter included quotes from several different officials about Biden's trip. The article also included more background information on the issue. It expanded on what Biden plans to discuss. Compared to the press release, the article is more colorful and includes information that is not essential.
A man, 70, shot himself in the parking lot behind the St. Anthony Police Department Tuesday, according to the Star Tribune.
Robert Hockert parked his SUV and then got out and shot himself in the chest with a 12-gauge shotgun, the Pioneer Press reported.
A woman driving by saw Hockert and told police.
Hockert has a history of "business setbacks" in california, the Star Tribune said.
Hockert moved back to Minnesota because he grew up here and has grown children and other relatives here.
A woman driving by saw Hockert and told police.
Farmington superintendent Brad Meeks will resign midway through his contract after receiving criticism, according to the Star Tribune.
Meeks plans to leave in August, which is a year before his contract expires, the Pioneer Press reported.
The school board approved an agreement with Meeks to resign Monday.
It was unclear why this agreement has been made.
"I think it would just put to rest a lot of issues we have had," said board chairwoman Tera Lee.
A new class at the University of Minnesota taught by Barry Kudrowitz will teach students how to create ideas and prototypes for toys, the Star Tribune reported.
Kudrowitz has taught the class "Toy Product Design" at MIT for six years as a graduate student, according to the Pioneer Press.
Students will invent toys in groups of five to six people in this course.
Throughout the semester, the student's ideas will be tested out at the Minnesota Children's Museum.
For the first time since 2003, Missouri is not leading in the number of meth lab incidents, according to the Star Tribune.
Missouri had 1,960 incidents in 2010, while Tennessee 2,082 incidents, which is a 41 percent rise in meth lab busts.
Missouri's number of incidents is up 10 percent since 2009 and up 53 percent since 2007, according to the Pioneer Press.
The Pioneer Press reported that Missouri is the leading state in meth lab incidents, however the Star Tribune claims that Tennessee is the top state after figures were released Tuesday.
Pentagon officials suggested that U.S. military force is unlikely to happen in Libya, the Star Tribune reported.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the administration and allies were discussing a no-fly zone over Libya, according to the New York Times.
The United States froze $30 million in the country's assets while figuring out what move to make.
Clinton said that the U.S. is sending to teams of aid workers and that the administration has $10 million ready for emergency relief.
