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MPR News photos of the week: Paddling, Italian pastry and a fatal rockslide

MPR News photos of the week: Paddling, Italian pastry and a fatal rockslide

The ice is finally out across the state and Minnesotans were ready to take advantage, Cossetta's opened a new expansion and family and friends grieved after a fatal accident in St. Paul. All that and more in our photos of the week.

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Photos: The deadly St. Paul landslide

Photos: The deadly St. Paul landslide

Two children died in an apparent landslide on a fossil hunting school field trip Wednesday at Lilydale Regional Park in St. Paul. Two others were injured when the ground gave way beneath the fourth graders from St. Louis Park.

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Photos: Family cabin getaway for four generations

Photos: Family cabin getaway for four generations

Memorial Day weekend upon us and many Minnesotans are heading north on clogged highways to summer cabins. With the long winter and late ice-out on many lakes, for some this could be the first visit since last fall. One family opened up the cabin that's provided a summer retreat to four generations.

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Photos: Cossetta's new Pasticceria, or pastry shop

Photos: Cossetta's new Pasticceria, or pastry shop

Cossetta's has long been one of the biggest names in Italian food in the Twin Cities, and it has just gotten a lot bigger. They've undergone a major expansion and renovation.
by Jennifer Simonson

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Photos: Major tornado outbreak in Oklahoma

Photos: Major tornado outbreak in Oklahoma

A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, a community of 41,000 people south of the city. Block after block lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken wood. Cars and trucks were left crumpled on the roadside.

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On the Minnesota River, 'paddling theater' offers entertainment and adventure

On the Minnesota River, 'paddling theater' offers entertainment and adventure

On May 18, 2013, performers staged a "paddling theater production" on the Minnesota River as part of Minnesota River History Weekend and Minnesota State Water Trails 50th Anniversary. The event offered stories, songs and characters from local river lore, presented both as live theater and live-action radio drama in an original production called "With the Future on the Line: Paddling Theater from Granite Falls to Yellow Medicine."

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Photos: Almanzo 100 gravel road race

Photos: Almanzo 100 gravel road race

One of the nation's premier gravel road events, the race gets its name from Almanzo Wilder, the husband of "Little House of the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Organizers expect 1,300 riders to participate in this year's event.

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Photos: Firefighters battle blaze near Park Rapids

Photos: Firefighters battle blaze near Park Rapids

The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center says the Green Valley Fire near Menahga in Wadena County has prompted evacuations and has damaged some structures in the area.

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Photos: Thousands gather as Minn. same-sex marriage bill signed into law

Photos: Thousands gather as Minn. same-sex marriage bill signed into law

Thousands of cheering spectators filled the south lawn of the State Capitol, with rainbow and American flags fluttering in a sweltering breeze.

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Photos: Senate passes same-sex marriage bill

Photos: Senate passes same-sex marriage bill

The Minnesota Senate on Monday joined the House in approving a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Gov. Mark Dayton will sign the bill into law Tuesday. Minnesota will be the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage and the first Midwestern state to do so via legislative action.

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