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Barry Maddox sprays thick layers of snow and ice off the seats of Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn., on March 19, 2013. Crews used high-pressure heated water to clean snow and ice from the seats of the baseball field in preparation for the Minnesota Twins' opening day baseball game against the Detroit Tigers on April 1.
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Lenny Sedlock's face shows the battle wounds of 13 years as football coach at Minneapolis South High School. Deep furrows under his prominent brow and lines under his blue eyes.
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South High football players Anthony Hockett left and Jaylin Bynum and their team listen to half time instruction from their coach. South was down 28-0 to Eden Prairie on Sept. 28 at the half, and lost the game 42-0.
The 52-year-old's stubby, bitten fingernails and cracking voice hint of the daily struggles at the most populated city school, which sits near Lake Street and Cedar Avenue in the heart of one of the Twin Cities' most challenged neighborhoods.
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Members of the South High school football team take the field Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 to face Edison High in the first ever game played under the lights at South High in Minneapolis.
South, one of the state's oldest high schools, boasts a 91 percent graduation rate and attracts students with its high academic standards. It has fielded top teams in boys' soccer and girls' basketball.
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South High school football coach Lenny Sedlock celebrates after his team beat Edison on Oct. 12, 2012 in the first night game ever played at the school in Minneapolis.
This inspirational story was brought to our attention by Star Tribune Multimedia Producer McKenna Ewen, who shot the accompanying video. The team at the Star Tribune went the extra mile on this one, taking us into the lives of the players and showing us how a coach's concern for the welfare of his players off the field affects the success of their team. You can watch the trailer for the video, below, but I recommend you watch the full video here.
Related story: Concussions in youth football
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Leroy Bergstrom of Maple Plain, Minn. arrives with his cat Maestro before the Walker Art Center's first "Internet Cat Video Film Festival," showcasing the best of cat films on the Internet in Minneapolis on August 30, 2012.
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The Associated Press reports — The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis tested the boundaries of legitimate art Thursday with a film festival devoted to the online cat videos that pervade YouTube and social networks.
Organizers said they wanted to find out whether the private experience of viewing the videos online would translate to a shared and social experience when shown on an outdoor screen on the museum's grounds.
The festival made room for various kinds of cat videos, with categories for comedy, drama, foreign, animated, musical, art-house and documentary. Participants voted on a "People's Choice" award, and several "lifetime achievements" were handed out to a few of the all-time popular videos. Read the full story.
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Melisande Charles of St. Paul, Minn., center, sits in the audience.
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Johnny Peers pulls a wagon loaded with the co-stars of his comedy act, Johnny Peers and The Muttville Comix backstage at the Twin Cities Pet Expo in Minneapolis, Minn.
Animal lovers gathered at the Minneapolis Convention Center for the tenth annual Twin Cities Pet Expo March 24-25. The event featured exhibitors as well as entertainment including Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix.
Johnny Peers's act includes his dogs jumping rope, climbing ladders and other feats of dog gone craziness.
Deathandtaxesmag.com reported on Friday that there is a big difference between the Occupy movement in New York and the one in Minneapolis. In Minneapolis the mayor supports the cause.
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Protesters gather at the Hennepin County Government Plaza on Oct. 7, 2011, in Minneapolis. The demonstration is in support of the Occupy protests that began on Wall Street in New York City.
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Kathryn Fink, 24, a student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, participates along with other protesters during a demonstration at Hennepin County Government Plaza, on Oct. 7, 2011, in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak says in his blog that he is sympathetic with the demonstrators.
“While middle-class and working families are still struggling to recover (when they’re not still falling behind), those at the very top are concentrating their wealth in ways that are nothing short of alarming for our economy, our society and our democracy.
We aren’t going to solve all the issues of the global economy in Minneapolis, but we have to do what we can to close the gaps and level the playing field.”
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Read more about the storm in the upper Midwest here, and read more about the football game here
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Snow falls into the field from a hole in the collapsed roof of the Metrodome in Minneapolis Sunday, Dec. 12.
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The collapsed roof of the Metrodome can be seen with the skyline behind in Minneapolis Sunday, Dec. 12, above, and the roof is pictured prior to its deflation on Sept. 9, 2007, below. The inflatable roof of the Metrodome collapsed Sunday after a snowstorm that dumped 17 inches on Minneapolis. No one was hurt, but the roof failure sent the NFL scrambling to find a new venue for the Vikings' game against the New York Giants.
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Workers shovel snow off the roof of Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis Sunday, Dec. 12.
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