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Video: Vulture gets pumpkin surprise for Halloween

Video: Vulture gets pumpkin surprise for Halloween

The University of Minnesota Raptor Center gave its 40-year-old turkey vulture some chunks of rate meat inside a carved pumpkin. We were there.

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Photos: Spooky, delightful and surprising eye candy on Halloween

Photos: Spooky, delightful and surprising eye candy on Halloween

Fallen leaves aren't the only objects covering Minnesota lawns these days. Faux cemeteries, full-sized skeletons and wailing zombie dolls are also on display in neighborhoods around the Twin Cities.
by Nikki Tundel

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Video: Halloween, fire — and puppets

Video: Halloween, fire — and puppets

Barebones Annual Halloween Extravaganza is "Metamorphosoup," a melding of the Stone Soup folk tale with the primordial soup. Plus puppets. And fire.

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Photos: Pomp and chainsaws for the cutting of the US Capitol Christmas tree

Photos: Pomp and chainsaws for the cutting of the US Capitol Christmas tree

An 88-feet tall white spruce is on its way to the nation's capital today after a ceremony and cutting on Thursday in northern Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest. Photographer Matthew McLaughlin was there to capture the scene.

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Video: Butterfly House offers close-up view of monarchs

Video: Butterfly House offers close-up view of monarchs

Most monarch butterflies have left Minnesota already, headed on their annual migration to Mexico, but the Science Museum of Minnesota's new Butterfly House exhibit let's you get up close and personal with them.

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Photos: New Union Depot murals show train travel through history

Photos: New Union Depot murals show train travel through history

Six 16-foot high murals painted by artist Ralph Gilbert depict the earliest arrival of settlers and the impact on the Dakota people, the orphan trains, and the Union Depot during the Civil War.
by Jennifer Simonson

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Twin Cities breast cancer survivors paddle dragon boats to recovery

Twin Cities breast cancer survivors paddle dragon boats to recovery

Two teams of Twin Cities dragon boat racers head to Sarasota, Fla., this weekend to compete in the International Breast Cancer Paddler's Commission.

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Photos: At St. Andrew's University in Scotland, raisins turn to foam

Photos: At St. Andrew's University in Scotland, raisins turn to foam

Every fall, students from St Andrew's University in Scotland indulge in a tradition of covering themselves with foam to honor the "academic family."

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Photos: One (last?) spectacular week of fall color

Photos: One (last?) spectacular week of fall color

It's been a spectacular year for fall color, and before it's too late, we wanted to take one last look as it lingers.

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