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Photos: Up close with an ore boat in dry dock

Photos: Up close with an ore boat in dry dock

The Kaye E. Barker sits in dry dock this winter, undergoing maintenance at Fraser Shipyards in Superior, Wis.
by Derek Montgomery

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Photos: The evolution of Cupid

Photos: The evolution of Cupid

For generations, Cupid has been a symbol of Valentine's Day. But that chubby, winged toddler brandishing a bow and arrow started out as someone much different.
by Nikki Tundel

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Photos: Art heads downhill, on sleds

Photos: Art heads downhill, on sleds

Despite the lack of snow covering the hills of Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, neighborhood residents and others gathered Saturday afternoon for the annual Art Sled Rally.
by Jennifer Simonson

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Photos: Remembering the horror of Auschwitz 70 years after liberation

Photos: Remembering the horror of Auschwitz 70 years after liberation

An estimated 1.1 million people perished at the most notorious of the German death camps. Roughly 300 Holocaust survivors from around the world are expected to attend today's ceremony.

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Photos and video: Shortened John Beargrease race finds snow

Photos and video: Shortened John Beargrease race finds snow

Mid-distance racers finished Monday. Ryan Anderson won the 319-mile race by crossing the finish at 2:53 a.m. north of Duluth on Wednesday.
by Derek Montgomery

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Photos: Massive blizzard hammers Northeast

Photos: Massive blizzard hammers Northeast

A day after a monstrous winter storm spun its way across the Northeast, life is slowly getting back to normal.

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It's back: Crashed Ice returns to St. Paul

It's back: Crashed Ice returns to St. Paul

Skaters from around the world have come back to St. Paul for the Red Bull Crashed Ice competition.
by Caroline Yang

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Cool castles: Ice palaces of the Winter Carnival

Cool castles: Ice palaces of the Winter Carnival

A mini ice palace this year features about 400 blocks of manufactured ice from Shakopee. There's a $1 entry fee to go inside.
by Nancy Yang

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Photos: Marchers #ReclaimMLK

Photos: Marchers #ReclaimMLK

Marchers celebrated Martin Luther King Day with a walk from Snelling and University Avenues to the State Capitol steps, where they listened to speeches, chanted protests and remembered those who lost their lives in police shootings.

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Ice harvest time on Lake Phalen as Winter Carnival nears

Ice harvest time on Lake Phalen as Winter Carnival nears

Workers cut, chiseled and raised more than a thousand blocks of ice from Lake Phalen in preparation to build a royal courtyard for the St. Paul Winter Carnival.

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