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Master falconer Frank Taylor, in his backyard with his red-tailed hawk Mim, Thursday, April 4, 2013 in White Bear Lake, Minn.
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Car-train crash
Emergency personnel carry a woman to an ambulance after cutting open her vehicle in order to remove her on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, along U.S. Hwy. 61 near Homer, Minn. The driver lost control of her Toyota Corolla, which went into the ditch and hit a passing westbound train. She was listed with minor injuries, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
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Falconer
Master falconer Frank Taylor, in his backyard with his red-tailed hawk Mim, Thursday, April 4, 2013 in White Bear Lake, Minn.
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The Northcroft Farm
Sustainable farming is at the heart of Northcroft Farm near Pelican Rapids, Minn., where sheep are raised for their wool and animals are fed untreated hay, corn and pasture grass. Here, Dave Ellison carries a bale of hay to waiting sheep and goats the morning of Friday, April 5, 2013.
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