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Owners and players are expected to continue talking Friday in Minneapolis; the sides are sparring over issues like how to divide revenue.

Tornadoes tore through parts of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, killing at least 30 people in the Missouri town of Joplin and causing one death in Minneapolis as well as causing extensive property damage.

NFL owners and their locked-out players have resumed court-ordered mediation. Commissioner Roger Goodell, executive vice president Jeff Pash and team owners Mike Brown, John Mara, Jerry Richardson and Art Rooney arrived at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis on Monday morning along with legal counsel.

Officials said a fiery blast in south Minneapolis Thursday morning was a natural gas line explosion and that there are no known injuries. Assistant Fire Chief Cherie Penn said people are still being evacuated from the area ...

Freezing rain and ice-covered roads made for a treacherous Saturday night in Minnesota, where more than 370 crashes were reported, most of them in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, officials said Sunday.

The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are blaming air traffic controllers in part for the incident.

Their frolic during a Northwest Airlines flight from San Diego to Minneapolis endangered the passengers and crew, the agency says.

The Federal Aviation Administration revoked the licenses Tuesday of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot a Minneapolis airport by 150 miles, saying that they "were on a frolic" that endangered the lives of others.

The FAA has launched an investigation into why two Northwest Airlines pilots failed to make radio contact with ground controllers for more than an hour and overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles ...

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