MPR photos of the week: Endless winter; gun debates, Bachmann at CPAC, 'On The Road'

Interstate 94 on-ramp — Two days before the official first day of spring, a blizzard prompted the closure of the on-ramp to east-bound Interstate 94 in Moorhead, Minn. on Monday, March 18, 2013.
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Spring is here, but Mother Nature doesn't seem to have received the memo; guns and the gun debate keep holding our attention; Michele Bachmann gets a 'four Pinocchios' fact check, and more in this week's MPR photos of the week.

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Jack, Whitney, Pete Linnerooth — This July 2011 photo shows Iraq War veteran Pete Linnerooth and his two children, Jack and Whitney, in Lake Tahoe during his wedding to Melanie Walsh. Though Linnerooth moved to California, he remained an attentive, loving father. He'd fly to Minnesota often and while in California, he'd call his children every night. But early this year Linnerooth, Bronze Star recipient, admired Army captain, devoted father, turned his gun on himself. He was 42.
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Icebreaker Mackinaw — Members of the Mackinaw stow mooring lines after the ship left the dock behind the DECC, Duluth, Minn., Sunday, March 17, 2013. The Mackinaw is busy breaking ice in the Twin Ports in preparation for the upcoming shipping season.
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