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This image provided by the Minnesota Department of Transportation shows Betty Whiteout in St. Paul, Minn. Snowplows are essential to enduring winter in Minnesota, so maybe it's not surprising that every year thousands of people vote on names for the giant machines — everything from Plowy McPlowFace to Darth Blader. The often-icy state began naming its 800 plows in 2020 and will announce winners of its 2023-2024 Name a Snowplow contest next week, adding eight selections to more than three dozen names that already grace trucks already rumbling down the state's roads. (Minnesota Department of Transportation via AP)

From Plowy McPlowFace to Billy the Skid, every Minnesota snowplow deserves a name

By Scott McFetridge - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 6, 2013, file photo shows a BNSF Railway train hauling crude oil near Wolf Point, Mont. Thousands of older rail tank cars that carry crude oil would be phased out within two years under regulations proposed in response to a series of fiery train crashes over the past year. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the government's testing of crude oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota and Montana shows the oil is on the high end of a range of volatility compared with other crude oils, meaning it's more likely to ignite if spilled. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Minnesota hires rail inspectors along oil route

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A plow clears snow from a sidewalk, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Fergus Falls, Minn. A spring blizzard that dumped heavy amounts of snow in parts of the Upper Midwest on Monday. (AP Photo/The Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Rian Bosse)

18 inches of new snow in northwestern Minnesota

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Report cites lapses in Minn. bridge upkeep