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Photos: Get behind big toys at Extreme Sandbox

Photos: Get behind big toys at Extreme Sandbox

If you've ever driven by a construction site and thought it looked like fun to drive a big earth-mover, a business in Hastings wants to give you that chance. Extreme Sandbox will put you behind the controls of a 19-ton excavator, and even let you loose with a sledgehammer and spray paint before you crush a car.
by Jennifer Simonson

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Sheep running amok all part of the hijinks at Irish Fair

Sheep running amok all part of the hijinks at Irish Fair

At the Irish Fair of Minnesota in St. Paul on Saturday afternoon, six sheep escaped during a herding demonstration, bolting the ring, pushing through the crowd and running around Harriet Island. A sheepdog dutifully followed and tried to restore order. After a brief chase, the dog -- with occasional assistance from surprised fairgoers -- returned the sheep to the demonstration area. The Irish Fair, the nation's largest free celebration of Irish culture, began Friday and ends at 7 p.m. Sunday, according to the event's website.
by Jeff Jones

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Photos: Oil boom changes the face of North Dakota

Photos: Oil boom changes the face of North Dakota

Neighboring North Dakota has been experiencing an oil boom in recent years, due in part to new drilling techniques including hydraulic fracturing -- the sand for which is mined in places including parts of Minnesota. The sudden boom has created immense wealth, and also social and environmental challenges. Getty photographer Andrew Burton is chronicling the changes.

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Photos: Highlights from Cris Carter's career

Photos: Highlights from Cris Carter's career

Long-time Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame over the weekend. Here are some highlights from his playing career, which he spent most of in Minnesota.

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Minnesota Scenes: July

Minnesota Scenes: July

Our favorite photos submitted by audience members in the past month.

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Photos: Gay ND couple celebrate wedding vows in Moorhead

Photos: Gay ND couple celebrate wedding vows in Moorhead

Justin Metz and Richie DePaolis, who currently live in West Fargo, N.D., were among the first 18 same-sex couples who repeated vows in a Moorhead, Minn. courthouse in the early morning hours of Aug. 1, 2013. Photographer Ann Arbor Miller spent the evening with the couple and sent this photo essay.

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Minneapolis, then and now

Minneapolis, then and now

This fall, voters in Minneapolis will consider the first major overhaul of the city's charter in almost a century. Adopted in 1920, the city charter regulates things like the discharge of steam by locomotives, the cleaning of stables, and the size and weight of bread. Now, the "plain language charter revision" aims to simplify the document without changing the way city government works. Minneapolis has changed dramatically in the decades since its charter took effect: Here's a look at the city, then and now, with all vintage photos courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.

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Photos: Vikings' first day of football training camp

Photos: Vikings' first day of football training camp

The Minnesota Vikings began their 48th year of training camp in Mankato, Minn., Friday. The team will continue to train until Aug. 14, during which it will hold its first preseason matchup, against the Texans, at the Metrodome. The Vikings will head to Detroit for their first regular-season game on Sept. 8 against the Lions.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Photos: Tall Ships Festival returns to Duluth

Photos: Tall Ships Festival returns to Duluth

Nine majestic sailing ships evoking our nation's nautical past sailed into the Duluth harbor on Thursday, July 25, 2013, during a Grand Parade of Sail signaling the start of the city's five-day Tall Ships Festival. Photographer Paul M. Walsh was aboard one of the ships and sent us this visual report.

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