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Photos: Old ways, new generation meet at Minnesota State Fair
The State Fair experience has been a staple of Minnesota life for more than 150 years. Each year, a new generation embraces the fair's traditional — and not so traditional — joys. This year was no exception. Take a look.
Photos: Racing to hit highway speeds, on a longboard
The longboard -- the skateboard's longer, heavier cousin -- is a popular a mode of transportation for some city and campus dwellers. Now, though, some longboarders are using them for sport, heading down hills at high speeds.
Photos: Southern California wildfire becomes 'monster'
The fire erupted in a landscape ready to burn after years of drought and amid hot, dry and windy weather -- conditions not expected to begin easing until late Thursday or Friday.
Photos: Ilhan Omar and supporters celebrate primary victory
Ilhan Omar is a step closer to becoming the nation's first Somali-American state lawmaker after winning a three-way DFL primary race Tuesday, ending the career of one of Minnesota's longest-serving legislators, Phyllis Kahn.
Photos: Rio opens Olympics with celebration and serious message
With fireworks forming the word "Rio" in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of "The Girl from Ipanema," Rio de Janiero jubilantly welcomed the world Friday to the first Olympic Games in South America.
Photos: A national park in the heart of the Cities
The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a 72-mile stretch of the Mississippi from the riverbanks at Dayton through the drop at St. Anthony falls to the flats south of Hastings.
Photos: Protesters and police face off in St. Paul
Police and demonstrators protesting the police shooting of Philando Castile spent tense hours together this week as officers broke up an encampment outside the Minnesota governor's residence and protesters took to the street.