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Thousands of families
Approximately 2,500 families of military servicemen and women serving in Kuwait attend a Serving Our Troops dinner at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) (More photos
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Brent Carlson-Lee
Entrepreneur Brent Carlson-Lee of Minneapolis brought a large bag of flour and other supplies during his first visit to a state-funded test kitchen in Crookston on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Carlson-Lee has been corresponding with food scientist Charan Wadhawan of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute for nearly a year.
Ann Arbor Miller for MPR) (Read the story
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Thousands of families
Approximately 2,500 families of military servicemen and women serving in Kuwait attend a Serving Our Troops dinner at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) (More photos
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Grand Marais teen
A courthouse shooting in Grand Marais last December shocked the small North Shore town. But the consequences now resonate far beyond the violence. The gunman was in his 30s when he was found guilty of having sex with a 15-year-old girl, and the news shed light a pattern in the town of older men sexually pursuing underage girls. A young woman, who asked not to be identified (above), said she became involved with older men but found it hard to distinguish between "new and exciting, and, 'I'm scared; this isn't OK.' "
Derek Montgomery for MPR) (Read the story