'You are not going to die,' she told self after falling off boat, rescuers gone
She faced a choice: Tread water and hope she'd be rescued, or swim toward a strip of green on the horizon.
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Vessel rescues 19 fishermen from burning boat off Bermuda
A plume of black smoke alerted the crew of a cargo vessel to possible distress. As they pulled closer in the Atlantic Ocean, they found a fishing boat engulfed in flames and the sailors in the water.
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Supreme Court won't rescue Wisconsin abortion law
The court's second major abortion action in as many days leaves in place a lower court ruling that struck down Wisconsin law restricting abortion clinics and doctors in the state.
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Ikea to stop selling dresser linked to death of Minn. child
Ikea has agreed to stop selling and recall a dresser that had a tipping problem that had injured or killed several people, including a 22-month-old boy from Apple Valley, who died in February.
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Florida sees first newborn with Zika-related microcephaly
Microcephaly had affected babies in Hawaii and N.J.
Feds urge consumers to act quickly on Ikea dresser recall
Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers that can easily tip over and trap children underneath. Six children have been killed and three dozen others injured in the past 27 years, and federal safety officials on Tuesday urged consumers to take immediate action.
Teen struck, killed while crossing Hwy. 97 in Forest Lake
A student leaving summer school classes in Forest Lake has died after she was hit by a car while crossing a highway.
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Photos: Fires destroy communities in California
A California wildfire left a trail of devastation, killing two people and destroying 200 homes in the southern Sierra Nevada.
Nation
Court changes legal landscape for clinics in dozens of states
Analysis: State laws imposing clinic regulations have been a potent tool of abortion foes.
Texas illegally curbs abortion clinics, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court issued its strongest defense of abortion rights in a quarter-century Monday, striking down Texas' widely replicated rules that sharply reduced abortion clinics in the nation's second-most-populous state.
Allina Health offers new contract proposal to union nurses
Allina Health says it's offering a new contract proposal to its union nurses who staff five hospitals in the Twin Cities area.
Nation
White nationalists, protesters clash in California; 10 hurt
A white nationalist group's rally outside the California state Capitol building turned violent as fighting broke out with a larger group of counter protesters, leaving 10 people injured with stab wounds, cuts and bruises.
Local
A look at the lives of child caretakers
Each day, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 children across Minnesota provide care to someone in their family who is physically or mentally disabled and is too debilitated to care for themselves. While their friends and classmates indulge in sports and play, these young carers hurry home to perform a dizzying array of chores, and to help their sick or disabled relatives bathe, eat, dress and take their medications.
Celebrities
Sinead O'Connor suicide threat: Chicago police on the lookout for troubled singer
Chicago police are searching for Sinead O'Connor once again, following an alert that the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer has indicated that she was suicidal.
Led Zeppelin rocks copyright case over 'Stairway to Heaven'
Music spoke louder than words of witnesses for a jury Thursday that decided Led Zeppelin did not lift a riff from an obscure 1960s instrumental for the intro to its classic 1971 rock anthem "Stairway to Heaven."
Business
National GMO labels a step closer, but not everybody's happy
Deal could provide first national law mandating on-package notification of genetically engineered ingredients.
Local
Justices: Warrant needed for blood-alcohol, not breath tests
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a Minnesota case that police must obtain a search warrant before requiring suspected drunken drivers to take blood alcohol tests, but not breath tests, which the court considers less intrusive.
Texas U. admissions can consider race, Supreme Court rules
In a narrow victory for affirmative action, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a University of Texas program that takes account of race in deciding whom to admit, an important national decision that was cemented by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
Democrats end 25-hour protest to demand House gun votes
There are no indications that Republicans — who control the House — have met the Democrats' demands for votes on gun control measures.
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