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Photos: Vikings trounce Cardinals
Adrian Peterson ran for three touchdowns Sunday as the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Arizona Cardinals 34-10 in Minneapolis.
Photos: Ojibwe crews tackle the BWCA wildfire
It's now October, almost two months since the Pagami Creek Fire started burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness southeast of Ely, Minn. An Ojibwe crew from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan is now working the fireline, with the blaze about 71 percent contained.
Photos: Return to tradition on White Earth Reservation in fight against poverty, hunger
Poverty in Minnesota is on the rise. But census numbers released in September show poverty hits some groups harder than others -- including American Indians. On the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, tribal officials estimate up to 50 percent of American Indians live below the poverty line.
MPR News photos of the week
This week, crews fought the Boundary Waters wildfire, Minnesota native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal were released from an Iranian jail and Eric Kaler was inaugurated as the new University of Minnesota president.
Photos: BWCA firefighting grows more complex
Efforts to control the unpredictable Pagami Creek Fire in northeastern Minnesota have entered a more aggressive phase, and special team from the northern Rocky Mountains has arrived in Ely to take over its management.
Aerial photos of the fire in BWCA
Fire raging in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness continues to spread. Authorities now estimate that the wildfire in northern Minnesota has engulfed about 100,000 acres -- about ten times its reported size just 24 hours ago.
Photos: The Pagami Creek fire in NE Minn.
A forest fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness exploded in size in recent days as weather conditions have done little to slow its growth.