Disasters

David Paulison, who took the reins of the Federal Emergency Management Agency following the botched response to Hurricane Katrina, speaks Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington.
Carlton County's historic songs
Some kids in Cloquet have found a different way to learn about their history. They've been working all week with folksinger Charlie Maguire, composing songs about the region.
Starting a new life "900 Miles from Nowhere"
A new book blows some dust off the history of the Great Plains. "900 Miles from Nowhere" reveals the lives of early homesteaders through their own letters and photos.
Yankee pitcher  killed in Manhattan plane crash
A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks and briefly raised fears of another terrorist attack.
Gov. Pawlenty ordered two Minnesota Army National Guard helicopters to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area to help fight a fast-moving forest fire.