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• Target Recalls Rattles Because of Potential Choking Hazard

  Jenny Albano | October 02, 2007 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Target, in cooperation with the CPSC, is recalling about 82,000 Plush Boy Rattles because the rattles can break apart and release the small beads inside, which poses a choking hazard to young children.The recalled rattles were sold in three styles: a white baseball with red stitching, a brown football with white stitching, and an orange basketball with black stitching. The tag sewn into the...

• Simplicity and Graco Cribs Recalled After Deaths

  Shannon Weidemann | September 21, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall involving a million cribs sold under the Simplicity and Graco names. The recalled cribs were made in China. Two babies have died in the recalled cribs and a third child died in a newer model of the crib that has not been recalled. Seven other infants have been entrapped in the cribs, according to the CPSC. There have been 55...

• Ninth Victim Found in Minneapolis Bridge Wreckage

  Shannon Weidemann | August 10, 2007 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  A victim of the Minneapolis bridge collapse was pulled from the wreckage today bringing the death toll to nine. Three victims were found yesterday. The investigation for the bridge collapse received a new piece of evidence as well that may prove very helpful in figuring out what went wrong. The investigation into the cause of the collapse will be aided by an aerial photograph taken just...

• Two More Victims Found at Bridge Collapse Site

  Shannon Weidemann | August 09, 2007 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Rescue divers pulled two bodies from the 35W Bridge collapse wreckage in Minneapolis today. This will raise the death toll to seven people killed when the bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed last Wednesday. The unidentified victims were removed and taken to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, police said.Eight people had been listed as missing from the August 1 collapse of the...

• Search For Missing From Bridge Collapse Continues

  Jenny Albano | August 07, 2007 11:42 AM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  After a week of searching for victims from the Minneapolis bridge collapse, rescue coordinators have decided to bring in Navy and FBI divers. The local teams have not found the remaining eight people that are missing and believed to be dead, mainly due to very unstable debris and wreckage. In addition to those missing, five people have been confirmed dead and five others are still in hospitals...

• NTSB Focuses on Construction Work During Bridge Collapse

  Shannon Weidemann | August 05, 2007 7:42 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  The National Transportation Safety Board is now interviewing members of the road construction team that were working on the 35W Bridge just before it collapsed. The Minneapolis bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River during rush hour traffic on Wednesday, injuring over 100 people. The National Transportation Safety Board interviewed construction workers and gathered information on the...

• Search Crews Pull Car From Mississippi River

  Shannon Weidemann | August 04, 2007 6:30 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Rescue crews at the scene of the Minneapolis bridge collapse have pulled a car from the water today. They have not been able to locate the passengers that should have been in the car. It wasn't immediately certain whether the vehicle, which was pulled out for closer inspection, contained any bodies.Families of the missing continued to wait for word that any bodies had been found in the...

• Part of 35W Bridge Shifted Sideways in Collapse

  Shannon Weidemann | August 03, 2007 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  Investigators looking into the 35W Bridge collapse in Minneapolis have discovered that one end of the bridge fell sideways while the rest of the bridge fell straight down. They are not sure if that was the cause of the bridge collapse or because of the bridge collapsing. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.``What we have is a step forward,'' Rosenker said of the...