Disasters

Reaction to Benazir Bhutto's assassination
Midmorning discusses the latest on the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and consequences of her death for Pakistan's tumultuous politics.
Tiger escape raises safety concerns
Officials are trying to figure out how a tiger escaped from its enclosure Tuesday at the San Francisco Zoo. The 300-pound tiger mauled three men -- one of them fatally -- before being killed by police.
A man clearing snow off the glass roof of the IDS Center skyscraper's atrium slipped, crashed through the roof, and fell about five or six stories to his death on Wednesday, police said.
Faribault plane crash cause identified
Federal safety investigators say in the fatal airplane crash in Faribault last month, the small plane's left wing clipped the ground.
Several agencies will investigate cause of explosion
The Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety is the lead investigator on the pipeline fire and explosion that took place near Clearbrook in northern Minnesota. It could take up to six months to complete.