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Photos: Minnesota's Donovan Palmquist, kiln builder

Photos: Minnesota's Donovan Palmquist, kiln builder

Donovan Palmquist, 57, grew up thinking his devotion to fly fishing would lead to a career in biology, maybe veterinary medicine. But praise for his pottery from a college professor swayed him away from natural science and toward art. He and his partner Colleen Riley live on 14 acres near Farmington, Minn. -- plenty of room for their studios and kilns.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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MPR photos of the week

MPR photos of the week

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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Photos: The power of Robin Hickman's Barbie collection

Photos: The power of Robin Hickman's Barbie collection

Robin Hickman has been called a St. Paul "treasure." She's a social activist, a TV and film producer, and a long-time leader in the African American community. But what makes Hickman most proud these days is her extensive multicultural doll collection, and how she uses it enhance the lives of others.
by Nikki Tundel

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Photos from Game 2, WNBA Finals

Photos from Game 2, WNBA Finals

The Minnesota Lynx defeat the Indiana Fever, 83-71, in the second game of the WNBA Finals. The series is tied at one game each. Seimone Augustus scored 23 of her 27 points in the second half to help push the Lynx up on the Fever; Maya Moore pitched in 23 points and the defending champion Lynx forced the Fever into 24 turnovers, 15 after halftime.

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Photos: More Vikings stadium designs

Photos: More Vikings stadium designs

Dallas-based HKS Inc. beat out four other competitors to design the new Vikings stadium. At a public meeting on October 15 they released more of their proposed stadium designs. The Vikings and the architectural firm hope to unveil a final design in January or February.

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Photos: A perfect day in Grand Marais, Minn.

Photos: A perfect day in Grand Marais, Minn.

Nestled amid a snaggletooth mountain range and Lake Superior, Grand Marais happens to be home to some of the most magnificent scenery in the region.

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Photos: Rejected Vikings stadium designs

Photos: Rejected Vikings stadium designs

The Minnesota Sports Faciliites Authority is holding the first in a series of public sessions today to hear out Minnesotans on what they'd like to see in a new NFL stadium to replace the Metrodome. In the meantime, have a look at what won't be on the drawing board. Here are a collection of renderings drawn from the bids of the design teams that weren't selected as architects of the new $1 billion stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The winner is at the end.

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Photos: Vikings fall to Redskins 38-26

Photos: Vikings fall to Redskins 38-26

One week after his first NFL concussion, Robert Griffin III ran more, ran smarter, ran bigger. And won. He left the Minnesota Vikings in his wake, never more so than on his 76-yard touchdown run that put the game away for the Washington Redskins in the fourth quarter.

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