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Roger Swanson was a world-famous sailor but called a Minnesota farm his home.
As a freshly minted professor, Jochen Schulte-Sasse decided to leave his native Germany to try "something adventurous."
Spencer Cox, 44, an AIDS activist whose work with lay scientists helped push innovative antiretroviral drugs to market, creating the first effective drug protocols to combat the syndrome, died Dec. 18
Updated Dec. 31, 2012
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He was a proud Korean War veteran, a Marine Corps captain who became a captain of Twin Cities industry, arts and entertainment. An heir to one of Minnesota's most influential families, he became the quiet supporter of multiple causes and enjoyed nothing more than being outdoors and spending time with his loved ones.
Updated Dec. 29, 2012
Fontella Bass, 72, the singer whose 1965 hit "Rescue Me" was an indelible example of the decade's finest pop-soul, died Wednesday in St. Louis.
Updated Dec. 29, 2012
An area near the Hennepin Avenue Bridge remained closed Friday morning after a major water main break in downtown Minneapolis flooded streets and cut off water to a substantial swath of the city.
Updated 7:51 AM
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