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Photos: See the 'blood moon' eclipse
Sky gazers the world over are craning their necks in an effort to get a glimpse of the total eclipse of the moon -- the first visible from North America since 2010. This eclipse was a "blood moon," which looks the color of a desert sunset because of filtered light seeping around the Earth and reflecting off the moon's surface.
Southwire performs live in the studio
The Duluth-based band defies easy description.
Photos: A different kind of triple play on opening day at Target Field
Spring arrived in Minnesota at the same time as baseball and the hope of a new season. While Minnesota Twins fans flocked to Target Field for the home opener, photojournalist Jeffrey Thompson tried a new way to capture the mood of the new season.
Video: Watch April snow melt, in 45 seconds
The seven inches of April snow that fell last week in St. Paul, Minn. didn't take long to melt with above average temperatures this weekend.
Photos: Fat bikers look for a winter trail
The attraction snowmobile trails hold for fat bikers is starting to cause problems between them and snowmobilers.
Photos: Powwow season kicks off in Minneapolis
American Indian dancers, young and old, gather for the 6th Annual Traditional Powwow at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minn.
Choo Choo Bob explains the Southwest light rail line conundrum
Building light rail lines is a tough way to make friends. The Metropolitan Council has spent the last year looking for a way to make everyone along the planned Southwest light rail line happy. But everything the planners propose makes someone upset.
Rare legal twist pits one diocese against another
The Diocese of New Ulm is suing another diocese and a religious order, accusing both of sending a priest to New Ulm in the early 1980s without telling the diocese that the priest had a long history of being accused of child sexual abuse.
Photos: The Washington mudslide aftermath, and survivors
Despite the grim discoveries of more bodies as the search entered its fifth day Wednesday -- and the likelihood that more bodies will be found -- officials were still hoping to find survivors in the debris left behind by a massive mudslide in Washington State on Saturday.
Musician Claudia Schmidt performs live at MPR studios
For her latest album, "New Whirled Order," Schmidt tapped Prairie Home's Dean Magraw and Peter Ostroushko.