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        <title>Minnesota in Photos from Minnesota Public Radio</title>
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        <description>Sights, scenes and photo essays documenting life in Minnesota.</description>
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            <title>Photos: Firefighters battle blaze near Park Rapids</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center says the Green Valley Fire near Menahga in Wadena County has prompted evacuations and has damaged some structures in the area.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:35:56 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Same-sex marriage bill signed</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Thousands cheered on the south lawn of the state Capitol.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:45:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Senate votes on marriage bill</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Senate joined the House in approving a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:50:26 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Marriage vote in House</title>
            <description><![CDATA[As lawmakers debated and voted, thousands rallied in the Capitol&#039;s rotunda.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:27:33 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Cinco de Mayo in St. Paul</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A dreary day didn&#039;t stop the annual Cinco de Mayo parade and festival in St. Paul.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 13:09:02 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>North Shore kayaking</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Lester River is roaring with frothy, churning spring runoff.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 07:29:23 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Moorhead before-during flooding</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The 2013 Red River flood was not as severe as forecasted, but it  made for dramatic images.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:29:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Minnesota Scenes: Your April</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Endless winter was on a lot of peoples&#039; minds, despite what the calendar said.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:55:25 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Manhunt in Massachusetts</title>
            <description><![CDATA[One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead. A second is in custody.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:19:29 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Fargo&#039;s flood fighters</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sandbag dikes were built ahead of the Red River&#039;s rise.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:42:48 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Fargo&#039;s sand and dirt flood walls</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The flood risk is down, but workers were busy building dikes anyway.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:24:53 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>May winter storm</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The snow knocked out power in some communities and made driving tough.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:36:26 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>A master Minnesota falconer</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Falconer Frank Taylor, in his backyard with his red-tailed hawk Mim.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:46:56 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Another spring snowstorm wallop</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nearly two feet of snow disrupted travel and closed schools.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:34:29 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Before-after: Moorhead homes</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Home buyouts mean Fargo and Moorhead require fewer sandbags when fighting floods.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Lambing season in Minnesota</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A small farm near Pelican Rapids holds a yearly ritual, the birth of a new crop of lambs.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>An unwelcome April snowstorm</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Driving, and even walking, was difficult in many parts of the state.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:28:59 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Before-after: Winona frac sand</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Piles of sand seen just a year ago are gone and truck traffic has diminished considerably.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:53:03 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>SW Minn. ice storm</title>
            <description><![CDATA[An ice storm caused wide-spread power outages in southwest Minnesota.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:25:06 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Fargo&#039;s &#039;Sandbag Central&#039;</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Volunteers have started filling sandbags in preparation for flooding.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:14:35 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Minnesota Scenes: Your March</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Our favorite reader-submitted photos from March, including wildlife and live music.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Planned Parenthood protests</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Dueling demonstrations outside the Planned Parenthood office in St. Paul.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:30:23 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>FIRST Robotics Competition</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This year&#039;s regional robotics competition at the University of Minnesota.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Target Field&#039;s new food</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Twins unveil this season&#039;s specials.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:30:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Bridging furnishes the needy</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The non-profit was founded in 1987 by the 88-year-old Fran Heitzman.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:59:11 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>MPR photos of the week</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Spring is here, but Mother Nature doesn&#039;t seem to have received the memo.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:59:54 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Beat the winter blues</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Forget winter. It&#039;s always tropical in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:32:47 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Major tornado outbreak in Oklahoma</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, a community of 41,000 people south of the city. Block after block lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:23 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>On the Minnesota River, &#039;paddling theater&#039; offers entertainment and adventure</title>
            <description><![CDATA[On May 18, 2013, performers staged a &quot;paddling theater production&quot; on the Minnesota River as part of Minnesota River History Weekend and Minnesota State Water Trails 50th Anniversary. The event offered stories, songs and characters from local river lore, presented both as live theater and live-action radio drama in an original production called &quot;With the Future on the Line: Paddling Theater from Granite Falls to Yellow Medicine.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:15:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Almanzo 100 gravel road race</title>
            <description><![CDATA[One of the nation&#039;s premier gravel road events, the race gets its name from Almanzo Wilder, the husband of &quot;Little House of the Prairie&quot; author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Organizers expect 1,300 riders to participate in this year&#039;s event.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:42:33 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>MPR photos of the week: Marriage, kayaking, walleye and more</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota House OKs a same-sex marriage bill, spring runoff bring out the kayakers in Duluth, the Wild are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs, and it&#039;s going to be an icy walleye opener up north. All that and more in our photos of the week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:19:50 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Fargo&#039;s &#039;Sandbag Central&#039; volunteers reflect on flood fight</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Certainties are few when it comes to springtime in the Red River Valley. While the rising Red River will make history for latest crest, the official crest forecast for the Red at Fargo-Moorhead is 34 feet -- quite a bit lower than previous forecasts which had prompted flood fighters to stockpile 1.7 million sandbags.
More than 8,350 volunteers put in 43,971 hours over 16 days at Fargo&#039;s Sandbag Central to churn out those sandbags.  Photographer Ann Arbor Miller asked volunteers working at Sandbag Central last week for their insight on flood season. Volunteers wrote their thoughts on an empty sandbag with a black marker.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Art Heroes photos: Roger and DeAnna Cummings at Juxtaposition Arts</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Roger and DeAnna Cummings founded Juxtaposition Arts in 1995 and continue to teach and train young people in the arts while employing them as apprentices to work alongside professional artists. They were photographed outside the Juxtaposition Arts gallery space near West Broadway and Emerson avenues N. in Minneapolis Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2013.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:00:16 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: First warm spring day brings people outdoors</title>
            <description><![CDATA[It was a long wait, but Minnesotans were rewarded today with a sunny, warm day that actually felt like spring.  And many took advantage of the chance to get outside and enjoy the weather. Our photographers captured some of those scenes.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:19:59 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Boston Marathon rocked by explosions</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people and injuring at least 130 others in a terrifying scene of broken glass, smoke and severed limbs, authorities said.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:56:12 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>MPR News photos of the week</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Weather was the headline story this week, but we also had time for a visit with a master falconer and  a sheep farm where lambing season is underway. All that and more in our photos of the week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:49:44 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Birthing season on Ellison sheep farm</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota has 3,000 sheep farms and more than 130,000 sheep according to the state Board of Animal Health.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>MPR News photos of the week</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This week: The intersection of bicycles and art, the Twins&#039; chilly start to their season and sandbag operations got under way in the Red River Valley. All that and more in our photos of the week gallery.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:47:25 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Twins fall in chilly home opener</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A sellout crowd of more than 38,000 fans braved near-freezing temperatures at Target Field on Monday to watch the Minnesota Twins open the 2013 season against the Detroit Tigers.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:37:22 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Parka is a restaurant on East Lake Street in Minneapolis. When the owners renovated the building, they reached out to the culinary team behind Parka and invited them to share space.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week, we were there as mushers and their teams started on the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in northern Minnesota, heard passionate testimony at the Capitol during a hearing on same-sex marriage, and checked in with Catholics celebrating their new leader.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:36:39 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Basilica of Saint Mary on the edge of downtown Minneapolis held a celebratory Mass Thursday in honor of the new pope, Francis I.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[What do a former runway model, a young man with cerebral palsy and a musher from Tennessee have in common? They&#039;re all part of the field this year competing in the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon. Ten teams registered for the 373-mile marathon race, which runs from Duluth up the North Shore to the Gunflint Trail near the Canadian border and back. Thirty teams have registered for the mid-distance race.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:29:17 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota high school hockey state tournaments, both girls and boys, are big events at the end of every winter. The girls tournament wrapped up at the end of February and the boys finished their play over the weekend.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 04:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Minnesota students got a day off Tuesday as the second day of a slow-moving snowstorm made travel difficult across much of the region.]]></description>
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            <title>Minnesota Scenes: Your February</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota Public Radio News invites you to share your images of Minnesota on Flickr. If you do, we may pick your work to appear on MPR&#039;s Minnesota Today, and in a monthly gallery right here. We&#039;re looking for general interest photos of all kinds: wildlife, landscapes, festivals, events, rural scenes, urban life, outdoor recreation, sports, lutefisk -- pretty much anything that you think reflects life in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Below you&#039;ll find our picks from February (and one or two from earlier that were too good to pass up).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A short stretch of North Washington Avenue in downtown Minneapolis is where a few of the best restaurants in the city are now clustered, says Star Tribune variety reporter Tom Horgen.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: For Norway&#039;s Terje Isungset, music is carved from ice</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ice drums. Ice horns. An iceophone. These are just some of the instruments Norwegian musician Terje Isungset will bring to the Cedar Cultural Center stage in Minneapolis, Minn., on February 25, 2103. Reporter Nikki Tundel captured the makings of an ice concert.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:43:23 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A snowstorm moved through the region overnight, closing schools and caused delays for morning commuters.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:15:30 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>MPR News photos of the week: Theatre, protests and winter storms</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This week, we visited Pillsbury House and Theatre in Minneapolis, saw frac sand mining and gun violence protests at the State Capitol and weathered yet another winter storm.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:40:30 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Scenes from the Senate gun hearing</title>
            <description><![CDATA[During a Senate committee hearing Thursday at the Capitol, some activists spoke out passionately against a proposal to require background checks for nearly all gun sales, while others demanded curbs as a way to combat gun violence.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:51:11 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: James Beard Award nominee Butcher &amp; the Boar restaurant</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Butcher &amp; the Boar was named on Tuesday a James Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Restaurant, and chef Jack Riebel was nominated as Best Chef in the Midwest.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:47:40 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Faye Price and Noel Raymond lead Pillsbury House</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite numerous challenges faced by its leaders Faye Price and Noel Raymond, Pillsbury House has changed people&#039;s expectations for what a community center can achieve with an injection of artistic talent.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:55:11 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Video game sharpens Minn. soldiers&#039; skills</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota National Guard is using simulators to train troops in very real and potentially deadly skills -- from shooting to driving to combat. But some soldiers say the simulator&#039;s graphics are weak; they prefer Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:07:03 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos of the week: Blizzard, flood and winter surfing</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A winter storm blasted northern Minnesota, a broken water main flooded downtown St. Paul and adventurous surfers took to the Great Lake called Gitche Gumee.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:12:43 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: A morning with Mary Jo Copeland</title>
            <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s not uncommon for Mary Jo Copeland to be greeted with bear hugs or hand clapping as she enters a room at Sharing and Caring Hands, the Minneapolis-based nonprofit that provides those in need with everything from food to shelter. The tireless mother of 12 has been touching the lives of the impoverished since she started Sharing and Caring Hands in 1985.  Copeland is being recognized Friday by President Barack Obama for the work she has done in the Twin Cities community. Copeland will be awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honor, for her charitable efforts. We spent a morning with her recently at Sharing and Caring Hands.]]></description>
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            <title>Photos: Meet the couple behind Mpls. bakery Sun Street Breads</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Solveig Tofte owns and operates Sun Street Breads in Minneapolis with her husband Martin Ouimet. Tofte is in charge of baking and the kitchen, while Ouimet takes care of coffee and the front of house.]]></description>
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            <title>Photos: Great Lakes surfing, Superior style</title>
            <description><![CDATA[It seems impossible, but on Lake Superior there&#039;s a thriving scene of about 50 surfers who brave the frigid water for waves they swear can compare to some of the best surfing in Hawaii or California.]]></description>
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            <title>Photos: Vigil for 9-year-old Devin Aryal, killed by gunfire</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Oakdale was filled Tuesday night during a vigil for Devin Aryal, a fourth-grader who loved playing soccer and dreamed of flying in space, but was killed Monday evening by gunfire while riding in the family minivan.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:49:46 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Lau Hawaiian Collective</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesotans who want to hear an authentic sampling of Hawaii&#039;s rich musical heritage can enjoy the work of the Lau Hawaiian Collective.
The five-member band from St. Paul, co-founded by vocalist Kim Sueoka and guitarist David Burk, has found receptive listeners thousands of miles from the islands. We caught up with them at a recent rehearsal.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:10:32 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Scenes from the weekend storm</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A two-day storm dumped as much as 18 inches of snow across Minnesota over the weekend, closing a major interstate and prompting snow emergencies in Minneapolis, St. Paul and some suburbs.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:01:29 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>MPR News photos of the week: Orchestra issues, reality ice fishing, and the president visits</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Orchestra is up for a Grammy, ice fishing gets its own reality show, the president visits, Lindsey Vonn takes a wild ride and a ranch offers shelter to the victims of sex trafficking.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:37:39 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Heartland Girls&#039; Ranch</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Heartland Girls Ranch in Benson, Minn., is one of the few safe places to go for girls who are the victims of sex trafficking.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:31:05 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Hunt Utilities Group looks for new sources of sustainable energy</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A small company is gambling that a new line of scientific research could lead to development of a breakthrough alternative energy. In Pine River, the campus of the Hunt Utilities Group sits on 70-acres dotted with an eclectic mix of experimental buildings designed to promote sustainable living. Researchers here are focused on a theoretical energy source once commonly known as &quot;cold fusion.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[With the fate of his gun proposals on Capitol Hill uncertain, President Barack Obama is seeking to rally support from the public and law enforcement community for his calls to ban assault weapons and install universal background checks for gun buyers. He&#039;s visiting Minneapolis today as part of that campaign.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:03:34 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: &#039;Batuque&#039; blends Afro-Brazilian dance and capoeira martial arts</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Contempo Physical Dance hits the Cowles Center stage in Minneapolis (Feb. 1-3) with the world premiere of &quot;Batuque.&quot; The company blends contemporary movements with Afro-Brazilian dance and capoeira martial arts.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:53:31 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Minnesota Scenes: Your January</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minnesota Public Radio is inviting you to share your images on Flickr. If you do, we may pick your work to appear on MPR&#039;s Minnesota Today, and in a monthly gallery right here. We&#039;re looking for general interest photos of all kinds: wildlife, landscapes, festivals, events, rural scenes, urban life, outdoor recreation, sports, lutefisk - pretty much anything that you think reflects life in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Below you&#039;ll find our picks for January (and one or two from December that were too good to pass up).]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Fishing rod master Mel Dickie</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mel Dickie, 92, works at Wild Goose Sports in Rochester, Minn. and has taught hundreds of kids how to make custom fishing rods in community education classes. And two years ago, at age 90, he became a substitute teacher.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:03:15 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Tracking Minn. moose, from the air</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nearly every week, ranger pilot Steve Mazur flies a small, two-seater plane over the forests of Voyageurs National Park. His mission: to help biologists keep tabs on about 50 moose that live in and around the park.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:28:47 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Art Hero Maria Genne</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Maria Genne, the founder and artistic director of Kairos Dance, used to have a career that focused on dancing with young people. But as she grew older, Genne began looking at how she could create dance in which everyone felt welcome, and how music and storytelling could be used to stimulate the minds and bodies of the elderly in ways modern science is only beginning to fully appreciate.]]></description>
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            <title>Photos: Feats of daring at Crashed Ice event</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nearly 200 skaters are taking part in the second annual Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championships Thursday through Saturday in St. Paul. Skaters dressed in hockey gear come out of the starting gate four abreast, trying to stay upright while navigating a course loaded with bumps, twists and drops. Last year, the event drew up to 90,000 to St. Paul. The 2013 finals are scheduled for Saturday night.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Minnesota&#039;s bitterly cold, brightly beautiful winter</title>
            <description><![CDATA[We&#039;ve all heard complaints about Minnesota&#039;s cold weather in the last week or two, but some enterprising area photographers have been out capturing our frigid winter&#039;s beauty. Here&#039;s some of their work.]]></description>
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            <title>Photos: St. Paul politicians take test run on Crashed Ice course</title>
            <description><![CDATA[St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, St. Paul City Council member Chris Tolbert and St. Paul City Council member Melvin Carter III tried out the Red Bull Crashed Ice course in St. Paul on Thursday. The Crashed Ice World Championship begins Thursday and runs through Sunday.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:09:43 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Highlights of Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations in Minnesota on Monday, Jan. 21, 2013 included the annual King Day breakfast in Minneapolis, and a march and program in St. Paul.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:31:02 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Some days it feels like Minnesota is awash in fresh ales, lagers, stouts and porters, and we&#039;ve pulled together a collection of MPR photography over the past year or so from our coverage of this burgeoning trend and the people behind it.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:13:33 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[National Guard soldiers from eight states will be in Minnesota next week to test their skiing and shooting skills. The Guard sponsors regional biathlon competitions for guard teams from across the country. Winning brings bragging rights for the Guard teams, as well as the chance to compete against national teams around the world.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard Cutter Alder is stationed in Duluth to cut through the ice and keep shipping channels open. The 2,000-ton boat can ram through ice that&#039;s 3 feet thick, and leave a trail of open water even in the depth of a Duluth winter.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A fine day on Lake Superior, the Packers dispatch the Vikings, the Wild return, the Legislature reconvenes, pond hockey&#039;s returning, and Ricky Rubio hides under a towel. All that and more in this week&#039;s MPR photos of the week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:35:56 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[For one day at least, lawmakers laid aside their differences so they could get organized and welcome new members, who make up more than a quarter of the Legislature.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Recent major water main breaks have highlighted the massive labyrinth of underground pipes that delivers water to homes and businesses. In many Minnesota cities, water system are aging and in need of replacement.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Vikings&#039; season ends with loss to Packers</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Green Bay Packers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-10 in their NFC wildcard playoff game Saturday night at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, ending the Vikings&#039; hopes for a longer run in the playoffs.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:31:56 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Ice Castle opening on New Year&#039;s Eve</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ice Castle outside the Mall of America
opens to the public on New Year&#039;s Eve, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. A preview was held Sunday evening for the structure, created by Ice Castles LLC, a company that builds ice castles using icicles that are grown, then fused together to make a series of walls, archways and tunnels. Work on the structure began Dec. 1 and will continue over the next three weeks. It will stand more than 40 feet tall at its peak.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:51:21 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Adrian Peterson&#039;s remarkable season</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Adrian Peterson&#039;s remarkable comeback season now has a magic number to punctuate it. He  became the seventh player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season, plowing through the Green Bay Packers for a 20-yard gain that put him over the top in the third quarter Sunday. He finished with 199 yards and a touchdown in the 37-34 victory, leaving him nine yards shy of Eric Dickerson&#039;s single-season record. Here&#039;s what some of his season looked like.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:20:27 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Mayor Rybak&#039;s busy 2012</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis announced Thursday that he will not seek a fourth term as head of Minnesota&#039;s largest city. The news comes at the end of a busy year: The Vikings stadium deal, Occupy Minnesota, the 2012 presidential race and a groundbreaking choice for police chief were all part of the mix.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:33:30 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Stone cutting, from buildings to the curling rink</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Dean McFarlane is a 10th-generation master stone carver. His great-grandfather started the Minneapolis-based family stone carving company in 1916. But the line ends with McFarlane: There are no family members waiting in the wings to become master stone carvers.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:54:37 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Dakota 38 Memorial Dedication</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Dakota Indians and their supporters commemorated the largest mass execution in United States history at a ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 in Mankato, Minn.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 07:34:17 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Piccolo draws accolades</title>
            <description><![CDATA[We have long known that the Twin Cities are great restaurant towns. Rachel Hutton, senior editor of Minnesota Monthly magazine is here to help us trace the evolution of the Twin Cities&#039; foodie &quot;cred.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:28:01 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[From the rush of the Crashed Ice competition to the presidential horse race, floods up north and Dakota War memorials, and an amazing array of unique characters and moments, MPR&#039;s photographers recorded thousands of memorable moments in 2012. Here, they have whittled everything down for the best MPR Photos of the Year.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Residents in northeastern Minnesota are still coping with damaged homes and lives after the June flood, a investigation continues in Cold Spring and a big blizzard walloped southern Minnesota. All that and more in our photos of the week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:44:05 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Parts of southeast Minnesota were hit today by the first significant amounts of snowfall this season. The blizzard grazed the Twin Cities but will continue throughout parts of Iowa, southeast Minnesota and Wisconsin.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:26:22 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Photos: Artisan chocolates from the Twin Cities</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Even the most creative people sometimes find it difficult to find the right gifts for the holidays. But very few people would decline artisan chocolates. The following chocolates are locally produced.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:18:33 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jeanne Calvit, our latest Art Hero, is the founder and director The Interact Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Minneapolis, which serves 130 artists with a range of physical and developmental disabilities.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:06:36 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Six months ago this week, flash floods tore through northeast Minnesota, ripping up roads and filling basements. The disaster caused more than $40 million in damage to private homes -- many of them without flood insurance.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Students remember Gordon Parks, the Union Depot in St. Paul is set to reopen and a police officer killed on-duty is laid to rest. All that and more in our photos of the week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:54:41 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A $243 million renovation of the St. Paul Union Depot is completed, and the downtown St. Paul facility will reopen to transit riders on Saturday, kicked off with an open house for the public. Here&#039;s a look at the depot from a historical perspective.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[State officials estimate several thousand people attended a funeral service for slain Cold Spring police officer Tom Decker. The 31-year-old officer was fatally shot Thursday when he was called to check on a man&#039;s welfare. No charges have been filed in his death.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:11:55 -0600</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Forty-one years after the last train pulled out of St. Paul&#039;s Union Station, the rail hub is ready for trains to return. The landmark station reopens Saturday after a $243 million facelift. The depot will host a new bus hub with intercity bus service returning in 2013, Amtrak trains later in the year, and light rail service in 2014. St. Paul hopes the depot can spark a transportation renaissance for the city.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[When treating cancer patients who suffer a second bout of the disease, doctors know catching the recurrence soon is crucial to the patient&#039;s chances of survival. It&#039;s especially been a challenge with prostate cancer. That&#039;s why a new Mayo Clinic scanning technique that helps doctors detect recurring prostate cancers months or even years earlier than before, is receiving considerable attention.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Born and raised in Duluth, photographer Wing Young Huie is best known for his public art installations.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In north-central Minnesota over the weekend, 16-year-old Koltin Wagner was among nearly 800 Minnesota trappers who are the first to legally trap wolves since the early 1970s. Wagner learned a few tricks from his neighbor, 66-year-old Joe Edminster.]]></description>
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