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Road work
Washington Avenue, the main traffic artery through University of Minnesota's east bank campus, closed down early for construction of the Central Corridor light rail line on Monday, May 16, 2011. It will reopen in 2014 as a train/bus/bike/pedestrian transit mall.
MPR Photo/Tim Post

This week, we remembered a Twins legend, saw Washington Avenue shut down for light rail work and kept up with the latest at the State Capitol.

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Budget caucus
Gov. Mark Dayton, Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch and House Speaker Kurt Zellers wait before a joint House and Senate GOP caucus at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Thursday, May 19, 2011.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Road work
Washington Avenue, the main traffic artery through University of Minnesota's east bank campus, closed down early for construction of the Central Corridor light rail line on Monday, May 16, 2011. It will reopen in 2014 as a train/bus/bike/pedestrian transit mall.
MPR Photo/Tim Post
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Harmon Killebrew
This April 3, 2010, file photo shows former Minnesota Twins baseball player Harmon Killebrew posing with a statue of him unveiled near Target Field in Minneapolis. Killebrew, the Twins slugger known for his tape-measure home runs, died Tuesday, May 16, 2011, at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 74.
AP Photo/Andy King, File