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UPDATE: At least one dead, dozens rescued in San Antonio flash flooding

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Massive flooding from torrential rains in the San Antonio area left at least one person dead Saturday and sent emergency workers rushing in boats to rescue more than 100 residents stranded in cars and homes.

Museum starts night tours of signs from Las Vegas' past

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The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard. This Memorial Day weekend, the hulking metal come-ons are once again glinting and shimmering at night.

Weeks after bombings, thousands walk, run final mile of Boston Marathon

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Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it

Hundreds join search for toddler missing from Minnesota campground

Hundreds of volunteers and rescue workers helped search Saturday for a 2-year-old girl who went missing from a campground in Elk River a day earlier.

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Victim's fiancee leads police to Superior homicide suspect

Superior police say the suspect in a fatal shooting Thursday had been involved with the victim’s fiancee and once told the woman he couldn’t live without her and wanted to kill the man she was with.

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Small-town Grandma’s Marathon still a leader nationally

As runners continue to pursue the 26.2-mile distance in record numbers, small-town Grandma’s Marathon is holding its own compared to races in metropolitan areas with much larger population bases.

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Memorial Day events scheduled in the Northland

Monday is Memorial Day, when people across the United States will gather to honor and remember those who have given their lives in service for the nation.

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Cora Emeott, 2, has a fun time on the teeter-totter at Lakeside's Portman Park with her mom Jennie Friday morning. "We try to get to a park everyday," said Emeott. "It's finally nice enough to not battle with a winter jacket." (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)

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NEWS TRIBUNE ATTIC
Happy 72nd birthday, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan then Bobby Zimmerman as a sophomore in the Hibbing High School yearbook, circa 1957. (News-Tribune file photo) Today, May 24, 2013, is the 72nd birthday of Northland native and music icon...
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CAPITOL CHATTER
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COURAGE IN THE KITCHEN
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THE GAY AGENDA
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This week the Boy Scouts earned an additional merit badge by lifting their ban on gay scouts. Boy Scouts There's various discussions going on as to what exactly this means, since so many youth don't...
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