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A gas-fueled fire burned in Minneapolis
A broken natural gas supply line fed flames up to six stories high in front of a Cub store in South Minneapolis on Thursday, March 17, 2011.
MPR Photo/Tim Nelson

Flood preparation and the explosion of a natural gas line caught our attention this week. But we also got a look at bear research in northwest Minnesota and caught up with potential presidential candidates in New Hampshire.

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Tim Pawlenty in New Hampshire
Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, left, jokes with Joe Vallieres following a pick-up hockey game, Friday, March 11, 2011 in Concord, N.H. The Republican is spending a couple days in the nation's earliest presidential primary state.
AP Photo/Jim Cole
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A gas-fueled fire burned in Minneapolis
A broken natural gas supply line fed flames up to six stories high in front of a Cub store in South Minneapolis on Thursday, March 17, 2011.
MPR Photo/Tim Nelson
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Sandbagging in Winona
Bill Schultz, left, Jeff Weifenbach, middle, and Chris Kramer stack sandbags on pallets after city employees fill them on Thursday, March 17, 2011, at the Central Garage in Winona, Minn. The Mississippi River is predicted to reach flood stage at Winona on March 26.
AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Andrew Link