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St. Paul park mudslide turns school trip into deadly nightmare

A saturated slope in Lilydale Regional Park collapsed, killing one student from Peter Hobart Elementary School in St. Louis Park and leaving another buried. The search for the buried student will resume in the morning. Updated 5:10 AM

Boston bombing suspect implicated in 2011 triple slaying

A Chechen man linked to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed in an unusual encounter with the FBI and other law enforcement officers inside his apartment in Orlando. Updated 6:05 AM
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Rochester, Mayo Clinic celebrate $585 million windfall from the state

Minnesota came up with the money — more than half a billion dollars — and now Mayo Clinic is keeping its part of the bargain. It won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. Updated 11:37 PM
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