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Photos: Deployment uncertain, couple wed early

Photos: Deployment uncertain, couple wed early

Spc. Brian Wunderlich, 26, is unsure if he will deploy to Kuwait soon, but many of his friends are preparing to leave. So Wunderlich and his new wife Margarita Jacobson, 29, moved their wedding from June to Saturday, April 2, 2011.
by Nikki Tundel

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Photos: The Minneapolis Police Department's gun vault

Photos: The Minneapolis Police Department's gun vault

Stolen guns often wind up in the property and evidence unit of the Minneapolis Police Department. The room is a death row for recovered guns. If they aren't claimed, the guns are melted down and turned into rebar -- the steel bars that reinforce sidewalks and roads.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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MPR News photos of the week

MPR News photos of the week

Flood preparation and the explosion of a natural gas line caught our attention this week. But we also got a look at bear research in northwest Minnesota and caught up with potential presidential candidates in New Hampshire.

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Photos: Gas explosion in south Minneapolis

Photos: Gas explosion in south Minneapolis

A natural gas-fueled fire erupted in south Minneapolis on Thursday, March 17, 2011. The fire forced Interstate 35W to close in both directions for a time. There were no reported injuries and the fire was extinguished.

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Photos: Bear research in northwestern Minnesota

Photos: Bear research in northwestern Minnesota

Minnesota black bears are on the move in northwest Minnesota. Bears are expanding their range out of forested areas, into farmland. Researchers are trying to learn more about how and why these bears are adapting to a new habitat where bears traditionally did not live.
by Ann Arbor Miller

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MPR News photos of the week

MPR News photos of the week

This week, we brought you stories from the ongoing protests in Wisconsin and endured yet another winter storm in our own state.

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MPR News photos of the week

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This week, Gov. Dayton released his budget plan, a Minneapolis woman's dog won Best in Show at Westminster and Fargo-Moorhead residents began prepping sandbags for spring flooding.

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'Sandbag Central' opens in Fargo

'Sandbag Central' opens in Fargo

Efforts are underway in Fargo, N.D., to fill 3 million sandbags by mid-March in anticipation of the area's third consecutive major spring flood.
by Ann Arbor Miller

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Winter Carnival snow sculptures come crashing down

Winter Carnival snow sculptures come crashing down

The last remnants of the 2011 St. Paul Winter Carnival were reduced to large piles of snow Thursday, as heavy equipment demolished the snow sculptures that had been created at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in St. Paul.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Photos: The Luminary Loppet

Photos: The Luminary Loppet

Thousands of luminaries marked the course on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis Saturday for the Luminary Loppet, a nighttime ski event that is part of the City of Lakes Loppet ski festival.
by Gina Reis

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