Minnesota deemed healthiest, Louisiana worst
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Minnesota was deemed the healthiest U.S. state for the fourth year in a row, while Louisiana slumped into last place as the least healthy in annual state-by-state rankings released by on Tuesday.
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NEW ORLEANS, La.  - The Big Easy became The Big  Queasy on Tuesday as the usually laid-back party town worried  about deadly Hurricane Ivan rumbling north through the Gulf of  Mexico toward the U.S. coast.
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Maryland is one of the lowest-ranked states in the country in terms of preparedness for health emergencies such as bioterrorism or pandemic flu, but Virginia is among the 14 best-prepared states, according to a report issued by a health advocacy group yesterday.
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Tornadoes and hail struck several towns in southern Minnesota, killing one man, damaging cars and ripping roofs off at least a dozen homes. The man who died was trapped in a house near Kasota when a tornado hit Thursday, said Tom Doherty, chief sheriff's deputy in Le Sueur County.
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Louisville is ranked the 14th worst city in the US for ozone pollution. The city is one of 95 with increased deaths due to such pollution.
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Motorists in California, Minnesota, New Jersey and North Carolina have been stuck in some of the worst traffic in the United States, according to a study released Thursday.
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A new report by Trust for America&#39;s Health shows Kentucky has the third highest percentage nationally of overweight high-schoolers and low-income children ages two-to-five.
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ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana  - The U.S. primary elections have been called the most gripping in recent years but not in the Deep South state of Louisiana where parties struggled to motivate voters on Saturday.
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MinnesotaÃ¢ÂÂs 5th District, which includes all of Minneapolis and much of its suburbia, is the stateÃ¢ÂÂs premier Democratic stronghold: 2004 presidential nominee John Kerry drew 71 percent there in 2004, and retiring Democratic Rep. Martin Olav Sabo has won all 14 of his House contests there with ease.
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The state has long suffered the highest sexual assault rate in the nation, and the problem is worst in rural areas, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Among the top 50 metro areas, Minneapolis had the highest volunteer rate at 40 percent, while Las Vegas was at the bottom with 14 percent, says a new study.
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Environmental damage, past over-fishing drove Md.'s 2007 harvest to second-lowest on record.
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Erroneous crime statistics propelled St. Louis to its best finish in recent years in a report to be issued Monday that ranks the nation&#39;s most dangerous cities.
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With a little help from good weather, air in the Los Angeles was the cleanest on record this year, regulators said Thursday. Still, the region&#39;s air quality remained the worst
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Mississippians need to skip the gravy, say no to the fried pickles and start taking brisk walks to fight an epidemic of obesity, experts say. According to a new study, this Deep South state is the fattest in the nation.
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THE TRAUMA UNFOLDS: County officials want to shutter the trauma unit at the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center in South Los Angeles, saying the troubled hospital needs to focus
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Five rivers in Minnesota are considered seriously polluted by pesticides and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is recommending that they be designated as "impaired," which usually means there is a risk to aquatic life, but not human health.