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That diary is getting quite full, so please feel free to use this one to continue discussion.
Top of MSNBC Homepage is a KARE11 TV Live Video Stream [It appears all links to this station, are stressing out KARE11 - I'm getting LOTS of interference for the last hour (currently 8:50pm PDT)]
KARE11 News Website Homepage
KARE11 News Coverage Details
MSNBC staff and news service reports
MINNEAPOLIS - A busy highway bridge that spans the Mississippi River just northeast of Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour Wednesday, sending a school bus, other vehicles and tons of concrete crashing into the water.
The entire span of the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. A tractor-trailer caught fire, and flame and black smoke billowed into the sky.
An estimated 50 vehicles plunged into the water and onto the land below, the Star Tribune reported.
Per KARE11. Press conference to start in about 20 mins from this posting. Also said that thunderstorms are threatening.
New note: From the KARE11 Homepage (link above) it states that "The Interstate 35W bridge that MnDot has been working on all summer has collapsed.
Additional comment: KARE11 says it was inspected in 2005 and 2006, and it was determined then that there was "nothing of concern". Oh. boy.