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MINNEAPOLIS – More than 191 tons of construction material was piled over the weakest areas of the Interstate 35W bridge shortly before the span collapsed into the Mississippi River, federal investigators said. The piles of rock and sand, to be used in resurfacing the bridge, were placed over steel gusset …

A 54-year-old Good Samaritan trying to catch thieves who ran off with a Starbucks tip jar after the suspects hit him with their car died Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. A woman described as being between 16 to 19 years old walked into the Starbucks around 3 p.m. Monday …

CHICAGO – Six Iraq war protesters disrupted an Easter Mass on Sunday, shouting and squirting fake blood on themselves and parishioners in a packed auditorium. Three men and three women startled the crowd during Cardinal Francis George’s homily, yelling “Even the Pope calls for peace” as they were removed from …