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Kurt Bills campaign
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kurt Bills finishes a speech to supporters during a rally Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 in Ham Lake. While on the campaign trail, Bills travels in one of three blue school buses named Constitution, Liberty and Freedom.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson/Visit the Campaign 2012 special section

The 2012 campaign trail, the Vikings lose to the Redskins and the Lynx tie the Fever in the WNBA finals, biologists track wolves, farmers harvest the beet fields, and a Minneapolis woman draws strength from her Barbie collection. All that and more in our photos of the week.

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Moving pieces
Donovan Palmquist moves pottery pieces before firing them in the kiln at his home in Eureka Township, Minn. Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson/Read the story here and see more photos here.
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Kurt Bills campaign
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kurt Bills finishes a speech to supporters during a rally Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 in Ham Lake. While on the campaign trail, Bills travels in one of three blue school buses named Constitution, Liberty and Freedom.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson/Visit the Campaign 2012 special section
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Minnesota Vikings v Washington Redskins
Santana Moss #89 of the Washington Redskins is tackled by Chris Cook #20 and Chad Greenway #52 of the Minnesota Vikings in the first half of a game at FedExField on October 14, 2012 in Landover, Maryland. The Redskins defeated the Vikings 38-26.
Patrick McDermott/Getty Images/Getty Images/See more photos from the game