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From Betty Crocker to rollerblades, Star Tribune celebrates 150 years of innovation in Minnesota

Innovation – making something useful out of a good idea – has popped up all over Minnesota's history, from railroads to malls, rollerblades and hospitals.

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May 23, 2017 at 10:37PM
Dr. F. John Lewis, along with Walton Lillehei, performed pioneering open heart surgery in the 1950s at the University of Minnesota, which became known for innovations in cardiac procedures.
February 3, 1963 Dr. Lillehei (left) explores the inside of the heart with a gloved finger to help determine his next step. He wears a headlight to keep his operating field in bright light A Minnesota graduate, he has been a world heart surgery leader since he began open-heart surgery here in 1954. February 27, 1964 (Colleen Kelly — Minneapolis Star/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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How do Minnesota pros prepare for a game? Collier, Faber, Gobert and others showed us.

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