Scott Blom, two of his children and the pilot were flying in a Piper PA-28 Cherokee when it crashed on a lake in southern Alaska sometime Wednesday.

Q-I enjoy reading your column. I have been driving for a number of years but still get confused as to what all the white road markings mean. I know what the white dashes on a road/highway mean - OK to pass. But what do solid white lines mean, particularly if they are on a three-lane highway? Also, what do the intermittent white "bricks" mean? What do narrowly spaced white lines mean verses widely spaced white double lines.

At least one person was injured in a house fire in Hibbing Friday morning.

(NBC News) -- The Department of Transportation is proposing airlines be allowed to let passengers make in-flight phone calls using Wi-Fi.