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Jim Thome traded back to Cleveland

Jim Thome traded back to Cleveland

Jim Thome has accepted a trade to the Cleveland Indians from the Minnesota Twins.

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MPR News photos of the week

MPR News photos of the week

Presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Ames Straw Poll, President Barack Obama visited Cannon Falls, we published another story in our series on Hunger in Minnesota and Twins slugger Jim Thome notched his 600th home run. Take a look at that and more in our photos of the week.

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Lane closures to hamper I-35W travel in Mpls.

Travel on a busy section of Interstate 35W in downtown Minneapolis will be complicated by detours late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
by Nancy Lebens

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Dining with Dara: Asian fusion, Minnesota style

Dining with Dara: Asian fusion, Minnesota style

Asian fusion cuisine has been a national trend for years, but it's had a harder time taking root here in Minnesota. A couple of big-name attempts at Asian fusion in the Twin Cities have flopped, but some homegrown fusion restaurants are having more success.
by Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl

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Auto magnate Sam Pandolfo's remains return to St. Cloud

Auto magnate Sam Pandolfo's remains return to St. Cloud

Sam Pandolfo, the man who tried to make St. Cloud a mecca of automobile manufacturing during the early 1900s, is coming home this weekend. But he's been dead for more than 50 years.
by Cathy Wurzer and Curtis Gilbert

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Restored Metrodome gets ready to meet public

Restored Metrodome gets ready to meet public

The Metrodome is getting the final touches in preparation for its public reopening this weekend.
by Tim Nelson

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Friday Festival: The garlic fest in Hutchinson

Every Friday this summer, we look ahead to the weekend in Minnesota with our Friday Festival. This time, we go to Hutchinson which is holding its annual Minnesota Garlic Festival. Jerry Ford is the organizer, and he spoke with MPR's Tom Crann about the event.
by Tom Crann

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Ice cream makers try to eat high ingredient costs

Ice cream makers try to eat high ingredient costs

The cost of the milk, butter fat and sugar that are key to making ice cream have spiked this year, but most ice cream makers haven't passed much of the cost along to customers. They don't feel like they can, saying customers will only pay so much in a down economy, even for high-end treats.

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Dinner Party Download's Icebreaker Episode

Dinner Party Download's Icebreaker Episode

Back by popular demand, it's another all-star, all-icebreaker show on the Dinner Party Download -- almost every joke we've aired in the last year, collected in one segment.
by Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam

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Powerball winners from Burnsville claim prize

The Minnesota Lottery announced Friday that Thomas and Kathleen Morris of Burnsville have won the Powerball lottery worth nearly $229 million. Lottery officials say it's the largest jackpot ever won in Minnesota.

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