Sunday, July 12, 2009
The family of Jamal Bana discovered a photo of his body on a website. He was shot in the head. Others also may have died.
Photo right: Jamal Bana
A St. Anthony man jailed after a decomposing body was found in his house has a history of health problems.
Photo right: John Allen Knutson
Chemical levels in 196 adults are higher than national averages, but officials said their disease risk isn't greater.
Part of a tree fell on a 29-year-old man in a rural area southwest of Faribault, Minn., trapping and killing him, authorities said Friday.
Financially strapped cities are scrambling to provide forestry services and respond to a new bug that is threatening to kill off trees.
In the world of health care, laboring moms are coveted customers.
A trail of lawsuits - two by his mother - and inquiries dogged Bo Beckman.
Jon Tevlin, columnist
The artwork consists of a small wooden box, about the size of a closet for a Barbie doll. Inside is a crouching figure holding onto a rope that descends from the ceiling of the box.
A St. Anthony man jailed after a decomposing body was found in his house has a history of health problems.
Photo right: John Allen Knutson
Whistleblower
A botched job and an emergency cleanup have cost thousands and caused worries about future health problems.
The boy was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center late Saturday afternoon after being found underwater in a pool.
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