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Community leaf pile
From left, Sylvie Chaput, 10, Tess Freberg, 7, and Clare Freberg, 4, play in a leaf pile outside the home of Jun-Li Wang in St. Paul, Minn. Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. The pile is intended to be used by the entire community.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) (Read Dan Olson's story about the community leaf pile.
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The 'Miracle On Ice'
Team USA celebrates its 4-3 victory over Russia in the semi-finals of the Ice Hockey competition of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, USA. The game was dubbed "The Miracle on Ice", and the USA went on to win the gold medal. Dave Christian of Moorhead, No. 11 in the center of the photo, is fighting to get his jersey back from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Photo by Steve Powell/Getty Images) (Read the AP's story on Dave Christian's jersey.
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Community leaf pile
From left, Sylvie Chaput, 10, Tess Freberg, 7, and Clare Freberg, 4, play in a leaf pile outside the home of Jun-Li Wang in St. Paul, Minn. Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. The pile is intended to be used by the entire community.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) (Read Dan Olson's story about the community leaf pile.
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Minneapolis Farmers Market
A vendor sells locally-grown sweet corn at the Minneapolis Farmers Market on Sept. 30, 2011. He says it's easy for vendors to sign up to take EBT. Some weeks he takes in hundreds of dollars in EBT tokens. Other weeks he sees almost none.
MPR Photo/Julie Siple) (Read Julie Siple's story about EBT at farmers markets.