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Slip 'N Slide
Isaiah Ray, 8, races down a Slip 'N Slide near his home Tuesday, June 7, 2011, in Winona, Minn. The Winona Area Public Schools shortened the elementary schools' day by releasing students at 12:10 p.m. because of high temperatures.
AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Andrew Link
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Budget protest
Demonstrators calling for Gov. Mark Dayton to hold the line against cuts to the poor and working Minnesotans while asking him to tax the rich gather outside the Governor's Mansion to picket, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 in St. Paul, Minn. The state is heading toward a possible government shut-down as the Democratic governor and the Republican legislature have yet to reach agreement on a budget.
AP Photo/Jim Mone
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Slip 'N Slide
Isaiah Ray, 8, races down a Slip 'N Slide near his home Tuesday, June 7, 2011, in Winona, Minn. The Winona Area Public Schools shortened the elementary schools' day by releasing students at 12:10 p.m. because of high temperatures.
AP Photo/Winona Daily News, Andrew Link
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Kayaker
A kayaker is reflected in the cool waters of Lake of the Isles Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in Minneapolis where temperatures reached an unseasonable 101 degrees.
AP Photo/Jim Mone