Shannon Gooden used a firearm, acquired through a straw purchase at a local firearms shop and range in January, in a fatal Burnsville standoff earlier this month. The incident highlights concerns over the regulation of firearm sales.
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Fordahl started studying art at age 8. His first commission came just a few years later. That passion for capturing real people and places would follow him into his time in the Army.
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Two sea otter pups, one orphaned after an orca killed its mother in Alaska and another rescued by SeaLife, are now receiving care at the Minnesota Zoo.