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- Boy Scouts stone, kill rabid NY beaver
A Boy Scout leader from New York who was attacked by a rabid beaver while swimming in the Delaware River is recovering.August 13, 2012 - Best of News Cut 5x8
Each weekday morning the News Cut blog presents "5x8" -- five stories worth a second look. Here's the best of 5x8 for Aug. 6-10, 2012.August 11, 2012 - Humorist David Rakoff dies at 47
David Rakoff, who has died so very much too young -- at 47 -- most likely as a result of the tumor he announced he was battling in 2010, though details haven't emerged.August 10, 2012 - Hundreds gather for Sikh temple shooting memorial
Hundreds of people streamed into a Wisconsin high school Friday to pay their final respects to six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee.August 10, 2012 - MPR photos of the week
From the 2012 Olympics in London to a little girl's love for a blind horse and Sikhs reaching out to their Minnesota neighbors in the wake of last week's Wisconsin temple shootings, here are some of the best photos of the week.August 10, 2012 - Eastin breaks NFL's on-field gender barrier
Shannon Eastin earned her stripes by receiving the ultimate officials' compliment: It was almost as if she wasn't there.August 10, 2012 - Grief at losing his dog made him wary of getting another
At times of deep pain, intelligence isn't much help. Wisdom is better.August 10, 2012 - Women help carry VFW's torch as older vets pass away
Minnesota VFW officials say they're seeing an influx of women joining the organization after coming back from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.August 9, 2012 - Minn. native Vietnam photog: 'Our weapon was our camera'
When a young man asked me a couple of weeks ago if I'd be interested in interviewing his grandfather, he gave me piece of paper with a one-paragraph biography.August 9, 2012 - Minn. man kills deer after being pummeled
The way Mark Christianson tells it, in his lilting Old Country accent, the deer started the fight.August 9, 2012 - Photos: Best of the 2012 Olympics, Day 13
Wrestler Ali Sue Bernard of New Ulm, wearing red, and Anna Jenny Fransson of Sweden compete in the Women's Freestyle 72 kg Wrestling on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London. Check out the best photojournalism from Day 13 of the games by clicking on the photo, above.August 9, 2012 - How is my Facebook self related to my real self? It's complicated
On social media, a dad is free to be who he'd like to be.August 9, 2012 - Bear raids Colorado chocolate shop
A black bear went in and out of a candy store in the Colorado resort town of Estes Park multiple times early one July morning, but he used the front door and didn't break a thing. He did, however, steal some treats.August 8, 2012 - Photos: Best of the 2012 Olympics, Day 12
BMX bike racing debuted at the 2012 Olympic Games in London today, and among the competitors, above, was Alise Post of St. Cloud, Minn. Click on her photo to see more great photojournalism from the London games.August 8, 2012 - Photos: Best of the 2012 Olympics, Day 11
The Minnesota Lynx's Lindsay Whalen helps the U.S. women's basketball team beat Canada, Gabrielle Douglas takes a tumble from the balance beam, divers create visual poetry and more from Day 11 of the Olympic Games in London.August 7, 2012
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