A Minnesota laundromat gets all dolled up

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Lucky Volkenant and his wife Jean have owned the Spring Grove, Minn., laundromat for nearly 25 years.
One day, Lucky started hanging dolls from the ceiling. Today 2,726 dolls watch over the wash loads.
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