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Video: Get up close and personal with Minnesota's native fish

An underwater and oh-so-delightful glimpse at the muskie, the sheepshead, the long-nose gar and six other species.
by Tim Post

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Photos: No chickens, but plenty of fair critters

Photos: No chickens, but plenty of fair critters

The crowds are heading in, the 4Hers are showing animals (except chickens), a new lineup fair foods are cooking and the weather is perfect. The State Fair has begun.
by Courtney Perry

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Photos: 18 historic images from the 1963 March on Washington

Photos: 18 historic images from the 1963 March on Washington

This week marks the 52nd anniversary of the civil rights event, which featured Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech and an impressive crowd of 250,000.
by Ann Arbor Miller

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Photos: Vikings stadium starts to take shape

Photos: Vikings stadium starts to take shape

At just over a year to completion, the new Vikings stadium is starting to look like -- a stadium. The sign, naming it the U.S. Bank Stadium, went into place Monday. The roof is creeping across, and the seat risers are in place.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Photos: Remembering Rondo, while letting go of the pain

Photos: Remembering Rondo, while letting go of the pain

City and state leaders apologized Friday for the bulldozing of a predominantly African-American neighborhood to make way for Interstate 94 in the 1960s at a ceremony designed to help heal old wounds.
by Jennifer Simonson and Peter Cox

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Photos: Inspecting the Lowry bridge -- from the wet side

Photos: Inspecting the Lowry bridge -- from the wet side

The bi-annual inspection of the Lowry Avenue bridge in Minneapolis continued Friday with the help of a unique tool -- a 34-foot, 19,000-pound pontoon boat.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Photos: New Horizons to Pluto

Photos: New Horizons to Pluto

NASA's New Horizons probe, launched in January 2006, flew within 8,000 miles of Pluto Tuesday.
by William Lager

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Photos and video: Drum corps tour brings the show

Photos and video: Drum corps tour brings the show

Twenty drum corps teams from around the U.S., including three from Minnesota, featured elite brass musicians, percussionists and color guard performers.
by Judy Griesedieck

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