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Chaltu Nur
Chaltu Nur, the wife of murder victim Anwar Mohammed, is embraced by friends and family following the sentencing of Mahdi Hassan Ali at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on October 31, 2011. Mahdi Hassan Ali received a life sentence with no parole for his role in a January 2010 triple homicide at the Seward Market in south Minneapolis.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) ( Read Brandt Williams' story on on Ali's sentence.

A Minnesota man convicted of triple murder was sentenced and union workers at American Crystal Sugar voted down a contract offer this week.

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Parachute dresses
Robert Rauschenberg created these dresses out of military surplus parachutes. Sage Cowles recalls the dresses were so heavy the dancers wearing them had to take into account their momentum as they changed direction. They are part of a new exhibit at the Walker Art Center.
MPR Photo/Euan Kerr) (Read Euan Kerr's story on the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
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Chaltu Nur
Chaltu Nur, the wife of murder victim Anwar Mohammed, is embraced by friends and family following the sentencing of Mahdi Hassan Ali at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on October 31, 2011. Mahdi Hassan Ali received a life sentence with no parole for his role in a January 2010 triple homicide at the Seward Market in south Minneapolis.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel) ( Read Brandt Williams' story on on Ali's sentence.
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Fen soil
Department of Natural Resources ecologist Hannah Texler smells a sample of soil at Seminary Fen outside of Chanhassen, Minn. Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. The soil is a non-acidic peat that depends on a constant supply of calcium-rich groundwater.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) (Read Dan Olson's story on the Seminary Fen.