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Bus astraddle street near Capitol
A Metro Transit bus sits astraddle the snow-covered grass median on Cedar Street near the Capitol in St. Paul on Monday morning, Nov. 12, 2012.
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Larry Spooner
Larry Spooner of Plymouth, Minn. attends a public meeting held to discuss a new multi-purpose stadium to be used by the Minnesota Vikings football team, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 at the Double Tree Hotel in Rochester, Minn. Spooner, a warehouse supervisor from suburban Minneapolis, became the public face of Vikings fans during the stadium push at the Capitol. Always dressed in purple and gold, Spooner testified at numerous legislative hearings and held frequent vigils outside the Capitol in support of the team's bid.
AP Photo/Rochester Post-Bulletin, Elizabeth Nida Obert/Read the story
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Bus astraddle street near Capitol
A Metro Transit bus sits astraddle the snow-covered grass median on Cedar Street near the Capitol in St. Paul on Monday morning, Nov. 12, 2012.
MPR Photo/Tim Nelson/Read the story
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Hauling herring
Tyler Smith (left) and Harley Toftey (right) move containers of herring from a recent trip to their Lake Superior nets Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 at the Dockside Fish Market in Grand Marais, Minn.
Derek Montgomery for MPR/More photos