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MPR photos of the week
The 2012 campaign trail, the Vikings lose to the Redskins and the Lynx tie the Fever in the WNBA finals, biologists track wolves, farmers harvest the beet fields, and a Minneapolis woman draws strength from her Barbie collection. All that and more in our photos of the week.
Photos: The power of Robin Hickman's Barbie collection
Robin Hickman has been called a St. Paul "treasure." She's a social activist, a TV and film producer, and a long-time leader in the African American community. But what makes Hickman most proud these days is her extensive multicultural doll collection, and how she uses it enhance the lives of others.
Photos from Game 2, WNBA Finals
The Minnesota Lynx defeat the Indiana Fever, 83-71, in the second game of the WNBA Finals. The series is tied at one game each. Seimone Augustus scored 23 of her 27 points in the second half to help push the Lynx up on the Fever; Maya Moore pitched in 23 points and the defending champion Lynx forced the Fever into 24 turnovers, 15 after halftime.
Photos: More Vikings stadium designs
Dallas-based HKS Inc. beat out four other competitors to design the new Vikings stadium. At a public meeting on October 15 they released more of their proposed stadium designs. The Vikings and the architectural firm hope to unveil a final design in January or February.
Photos: A perfect day in Grand Marais, Minn.
Nestled amid a snaggletooth mountain range and Lake Superior, Grand Marais happens to be home to some of the most magnificent scenery in the region.
Photos: Harvesting sugar beets in the Red River Valley
Sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley are busy harvesting a bumper crop this fall, the second harvest since American Crystal Sugar locked 1,300 union workers out of its five factories in a labor dispute.
Michelle Hensley's Ten Thousand Things Theater
Michelle Hensley, artistic director for Ten Thousand Things Theater, brings quality theatrical performances to people in prisons, homeless shelters, women's shelter and fixed-income retirement homes.
Photos: Rejected Vikings stadium designs
The Minnesota Sports Faciliites Authority is holding the first in a series of public sessions today to hear out Minnesotans on what they'd like to see in a new NFL stadium to replace the Metrodome. In the meantime, have a look at what won't be on the drawing board. Here are a collection of renderings drawn from the bids of the design teams that weren't selected as architects of the new $1 billion stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The winner is at the end.
Photos: Vikings fall to Redskins 38-26
One week after his first NFL concussion, Robert Griffin III ran more, ran smarter, ran bigger. And won. He left the Minnesota Vikings in his wake, never more so than on his 76-yard touchdown run that put the game away for the Washington Redskins in the fourth quarter.
Photos: Game 1, WNBA Finals
Seimone Augustus scored 23 points and Rebekkah Brunson added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Minnesota Lynx, but it wasn't enough Sunday night. The team lost 76-70 to Indiana in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.