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• Charges dropped against Punxsutawney Phil
  Phil is off the hook. A winter-weary Ohio prosecutor who filed a tongue-in-cheek criminal indictment against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog over his "prediction" of an early spring dropped the charge Tuesday.March 26, 2013
• Right-to-die group member dies
  A member of a right-to-die group facing assisted-suicide charges in Minnesota has died after a long battle with prostate cancer.March 26, 2013
• Sequester cuts Ellsworth air show this year
  Officials at Ellsworth Air Force Base have cancelled this year's Dakota Thunder air show because of automatic federal spending cuts that took effect this month.March 26, 2013
• Hormel CEO donates to military families
  The head of Austin-based Hormel Foods is presenting a $50,000 donation to a home for families of patients at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.March 26, 2013
• Obama to designate 5 national monuments
  President Barack Obama is designating five new national monuments, using executive authority to protect historic or ecologically significant sites -- including one in Delaware sought by Vice President Joe Biden.March 23, 2013
• MPR photos of the week: Endless winter; gun debates, Bachmann at CPAC, 'On The Road'
  Spring is here, but Mother Nature doesn't seem to have received the memo; guns and the gun debate keep holding our attention; Michele Bachmann gets a 'four Pinocchios' fact check, we meet the director of 'On The Road,' and more in this week's MPR photos of the week.March 22, 2013
• Gov. Dayton's dog, Mesabi, dies
  Gov. Mark Dayton used his Facebook page to announce that Mesabi died after having surgery to remove his spleen and to remove a cancerous tumor.March 22, 2013
• Iraq War changed the Minnesota National Guard's training, role and return home
  From the moment bombs flew over Baghdad 10 years ago, Minnesota's National Guard played a significant role in the War in Iraq.March 21, 2013
• Friday Roundtable rewind: state of nonprofits in MN
  This week on the Friday Roundtable, we convene a panel of nonprofit leaders to discuss what makes a successful charity and whether there are lessons to learn from the corporate world.The Daily Circuit, March 21, 2013
• A visit to the gun range brings firearms into focus
  When a guest said you can't understand the thrill of shooting until you've tried it, Kerri Miller decided she had to try it.The Daily Circuit, March 19, 2013
• At installation Mass, Pope Francis urges protection of nature, the poor and weak
  Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion CatholicsMarch 19, 2013
• Vet who saved many in Iraq couldn't escape demons
  As the new year dawned, Pete Linnerooth, Bronze Star recipient, admired Army captain, devoted father, turned his gun on himself. He was 42. A former Minnesota State psychology instructor, Linnerooth was, as one buddy says, the guy who could help everybody -- everybody but himself.March 18, 2013
• An art project, an unlikely friendship and a veteran facing the end
  Their friendship seemed unlikely even to them. One, a military man turned middle school teacher who is uncomfortable when his hair gets in shouting range of his ears. The other, a well-traveled artist who loves to cook and has his hair long enough for a ponytail. Hour after hour in the gentle light of a Little Falls art studio, they forged a friendship. But even now they know they are on borrowed time.March 16, 2013
• Monsignor Jerome Boxleitner dies
  Monsignor Jerome Boxleitner has died. The one-time parish priest was the founding force behind what is today known as Catholic Charities.March 15, 2013
• Somali-American businessman hopes to preserve homeland's culture in museum
  A Minneapolis restaurant owner and businessman hopes to build a museum to preserve the culture of his homeland.March 15, 2013

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