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Metrodome: A quirky place to play baseball

Metrodome: A quirky place to play baseball

The Minnesota Twins will play their last home game at the Metrodome this Sunday. Over the last 28 years, the dome has been the setting for some of the most memorable games in Twins history -- and the site of some strange plays.
by Brandt Williams

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Fire department scales down Wis. bar's plan to burn Favre gear

An Eau Claire restaurant is scaling back plans to burn Brett Favre memorabilia during Monday night's Packers-Vikings game.

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Twins' departure puts future of Metrodome in question

Twins' departure puts future of Metrodome in question

This weekend, the Minnesota Twins will celebrate their long-anticipated departure from the Metrodome, leaving many to wonder what the future holds now that the Minnesota Vikings remain the only major dome tenant.
by Brandt Williams

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Before the dome, Minnesota always came in second

Before the dome, Minnesota always came in second

Playwright Kevin Kling will always remember the Metrodome as the place where Minnesota went from being an also-ran to a champion.
by Kevin Kling

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U of M to host soccer if Chicago wins 2016 Olympics

U of M to host soccer if Chicago wins 2016 Olympics

The International Olympic Committee makes its choice Friday on which city will get the honor of hosting the 2016 summer games. Chicago is in the running along with Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and Madrid.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Local students represent U.S. in Paralympic Games

Local students represent U.S. in Paralympic Games

A group of local high school students will travel to Australia Thursday to represent the United States on the national youth wheelchair basketball team at the Australian Paralympic Youth Games in Melbourne.
by Rupa Shenoy

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NFL: no plans for possible Vikings-Twins Metrodome conflict

The NFL is not considering swapping sites for the Packers-Vikings games this year in case baseball gets in the way.

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Football and its impact on the brain

Football and its impact on the brain

Former Vikings center Matt Birk is part of a study to examine the impact of football on the human brain, by donating his brain to science. Tom Crann talked with Birk and Dr. Bob Stern from the Boston University School of Medicine about the study.
by Tom Crann

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