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Photo gallery: Pouring molten iron into art

Photo gallery: Pouring molten iron into art

When you handle molten iron in a blazing furnace nearing 2,500 degrees, "you have to kind of know what you are doing." Wayne Potratz made that point clear as he and his students Friday transformed liquid metal into art at the University of Minnesota's foundry. It was the art department's 45th Annual Iron Pour, an event that turns the foundry into a friendly, Hades kind of a place.

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Photos: See the 'blood moon' eclipse

Photos: See the 'blood moon' eclipse

Sky gazers the world over are craning their necks in an effort to get a glimpse of the total eclipse of the moon -- the first visible from North America since 2010. This eclipse was a "blood moon," which looks the color of a desert sunset because of filtered light seeping around the Earth and reflecting off the moon's surface.

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Photos: A different kind of triple play on opening day at Target Field

Photos: A different kind of triple play on opening day at Target Field

Spring arrived in Minnesota at the same time as baseball and the hope of a new season. While Minnesota Twins fans flocked to Target Field for the home opener, photojournalist Jeffrey Thompson tried a new way to capture the mood of the new season.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Photos: The Washington mudslide aftermath, and survivors

Photos: The Washington mudslide aftermath, and survivors

Despite the grim discoveries of more bodies as the search entered its fifth day Wednesday -- and the likelihood that more bodies will be found -- officials were still hoping to find survivors in the debris left behind by a massive mudslide in Washington State on Saturday.
by The Associated Press

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Photos: Ride with Duluth's icebreaker tugs

Photos: Ride with Duluth's icebreaker tugs

Sixty-eight-year-old tug Capt. Mike Ojard has lived his whole life among tugs along the North Shore of Lake Superior. His dad was the chief engineer on a tug in Two Harbors; his uncle was the captain. He echoes what everyone around the harbor is saying -- this is the worst ice on the lake in 20 years.

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Photos: Bloody bystanders, chainsaws all part of light rail emergency drill

Photos: Bloody bystanders, chainsaws all part of light rail emergency drill

At the U of M today, a bus was tipped on its side, simulating a light rail train that had derailed after a bomb went off. Law enforcement and university staff were testing their communications systems and emergency response.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Photos: The Dalai Lama celebrates the New Year in Minneapolis

Photos: The Dalai Lama celebrates the New Year in Minneapolis

The Dalai Lama observed Losar, the Tibetan New Year, in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sunday, March 2, 2014. More than 2,500 people packed a sports center at Augsburg College to hear His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. His speech was followed by a celebration of the holiday.
by Nikki Tundel

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