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MPR News photos of the week
Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan retires, a Minnesotan survives a shipwreck in the Atlantic, and hunters get ready for this month's wolf season. All that and more in our photos of the week.
Photos: Campaign 2012 in Minnesota
Take a look back at the best visual moments of the 2012 campaign.
Photos: Sen. Amy Klobuchar on the campaign trail
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar enters the final weeks of her re-election campaign with a big lead in the polls and in the money race.
MPR News photos of the week
This week, we learned how to make pierogi, visited ranchers in northern Minnesota who're trying to protect their livestock, and remembered Sen. Paul Wellstone, who died in a plane crash 10 years ago this week.
Photos: Buccaneers beat Vikings
Playing at home during a short week was supposed to be an advantage for the Minnesota Vikings. So much for that idea. Rookie Doug Martin racked up 214 total yards and two touchdowns, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers blew out Minnesota 36-17 on Thursday night to hand the Vikings their first home loss this season.
Photos: Wellstones remembered, 10 years after their deaths
More than 200 people turned out on Minnesota's Iron Range Thursday to remember the late Sen. Paul Wellstone and those who died with him.
Photos: The art of making pierogi
Dumplings are a part of many ethnic food traditions. But in Minnesota Sounds and Voices this week, we're interested in potato-dumpling comfort food that can be traced back generations to the pierogi of Poland and the pyrohy in Ukrainian.
Photos: Game 4, WNBA Finals
Tamika Catchings scored 25 points to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA championship with an 87-78 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday night.
Photos: Vikings beat Cardinals
Adrian Peterson ran for 153 yards and a first-quarter touchdown, and the Minnesota Vikings survived an ugly second half to hang on and beat Arizona 21-14 Sunday to hand the Cardinals their third straight loss.
Lynx stumble in Game 3
It was a tough night for the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx as they fell to the Indiana Fever 76-59 in Game 3 of this year's finals. Shavonte Zellous scored a career-high 30 points to help the Fever, while Rebekkah Brunson, who scored 12 points, was the only Minnesota player to reach double figures.