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Dignitaries shovel confetti during the groundbreaking ceremony for Mall of America's phase II, which will include a hotel, offices and more retail space, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at the MOA Rotunda in Bloomington, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Sennott) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

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In this Jan. 24, 2014 photo, Apple Valley guard Tyus Jones (21) scores a basket during the first half of a high school basketball game against Prior Lake in Prior Lake, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Ben Brewer)

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The new crop of House pages get last-minute directions a half hour before the start of the 2014 legislative session Tuesday, Feb, 25, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

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House Speaker Paul Thissen, left, and Minority Leader Kurt Daudt talked just before the start of the 2014 legislative session Tuesday, Feb, 25, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

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Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, second fromright, laughed with State Sen Michelle Fischbach during a debate on a propane bill during the opening day of the 2014 legislative session Tuesday, Feb, 25, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Glen Stubbe) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

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Laurie Thomson, her grandson Emilio (in stroller) and friend Shaneequa Beaulieu (pushing stroller) walked on the road on their way to the grocery store because they could not get the stroller up onto the side walks do to the piles of snow left by road plows during what weather experts were predicting was the largest snowfall of the year thus far on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider)

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A flowering mural stood in great contrast to the snowy weather outside Phil Anderson's business (Atlantic Press Inc.) as he shoveled the sidewalk during what weather experts were predicting was the largest snowfall of the year thus far on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider)

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Fred Harrill sweeps snow off his vehicle as snow begins to fall Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Shelby, N.C. (AP Photo/The Star, Ben Earp)

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Josh McSwain sleds down a hill at the Shelby City Park golf course as snow begins to fall Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Shelby, N.C. (AP Photo/The Star, Ben Earp)

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Tah Bear smiles as she tries to sing the Star-Spangled Banner during a Burmese civic class made possible by U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants office at First United Methodist Church Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Waterloo Courier, Matthew Putney)

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San Francisco 49ers Colin Kaepernick looks to throw out the Carolina Panthers' endzone during a divisional playoff NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/The Star, Ben Earp)

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San Francisco 49ers' Frank Gore (21) tries to break a tackle by Carolina Panther Luke Kuechly during a divisional playoff NFL football game, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/The Star, Ben Earp)