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• 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
• MPR News photos of the week: Beargrease, marriage bill drama, and celebrating a new pope
  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.March 15, 2013
• Documentary 'A Place at the Table' highlights US hunger epidemic
  The new documentary, showing at The Lagoon in Minneapolis, highlights people across America who are struggling with hunger despite their best efforts to afford quality food.The Daily Circuit, March 13, 2013
• Musher Mitch Seavey wins Iditarod
  The the 53-year-old, Minnesota-born Seavey crossed the finish line at 10:39 p.m. local time on Tuesday -- 2:39 a.m. ET Wednesday.March 13, 2013
• Ojibwe women walking from Mississippi headwaters to Gulf
  Ojibwe women are walking with a pot of water from the headwaters of the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.March 12, 2013
• 'Drink rail' seating to debut at Target Field
  The folks at Target Field are getting ready to welcome the Twins home from spring training. They took the tarp off of the infield last week, and they'll have a new seating arrangement waiting for fans out by the right field foul pole, below the big entrance plaza.March 12, 2013
• PTSD may be contagious, research says
  When combat veterans bring PTSD home from the war zone, they're not the only ones who suffer its symptoms. Family members are exhibiting signs of the disorder too.The Daily Circuit, March 11, 2013
• Photos: The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon gets under way
  What do a former runway model, a young man with cerebral palsy and a musher from Tennessee have in common? They'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.March 11, 2013
• Daniel Alvarez paddles from norther Minn. to Key West
  Daniel Alvarez has paddled his kayak from Minnesota's Northwest Angle, the northernmost point of the lower 48 states, all the way to Key West, the southernmost point. It took him about nine months.March 11, 2013
• 2 Civil War sailors from USS Monitor buried in Va.
  More than 150 years after the USS Monitor sank off North Carolina during the Civil War, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret when it was raised a decade ago were buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery.March 9, 2013
• Hot chicks: At 60, Peeps more popular than ever
  Love them or hate them, people do all sorts of things with Peeps. As the storied candy brand celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, Peeps' first TV ad in a decade captures an essential truth about the spongy confection made of sugar, corn syrup and gelatin.March 9, 2013
• The 'big data' revolution: How number crunchers can predict our lives
  When the streaming video service Netflix decided to begin producing its own TV content, it chose House of Cards as its first project. Based on a BBC series, the show stars Kevin Spacey and is directed by David Fincher, and it has quickly become the most watched series ever on Netflix.March 8, 2013

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