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EVERYDAY PEOPLE: A serendipitous family farm

...more and more animals. Desmond's farm is now also home to horses, pigs, a cow and steer, as well as chickens and Great Pyrenees which Desmond breeds. There's plenty of work to go around the family."The kids all have their responsibilities and chores...

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Remer family loses a piece of their passion to fire

...111-acre farm in January of 2011. The Desmonds farm includes horses, pigs, sheep, a cow and steer, chickens and Great Pyrenees. Christine Desmond also makes her own natural handmade soap and said many of the tools used for the soap were lost in the...

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WADENA AFTERMATH

...scary," she said remembering the June 17 tornado that changed Wadena. Ashley Peterson, 8, Wadena gave TBear, a Great Pyrenees therapy dog, a big hug Friday along with Kirstan Finn, 10, Wadena. TBear and handler Kathy Harrison, with the Delta Society...

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Armstrong cruises to fourth stage-victory

...second-place Spaniard Igor Gonzalez Galdeano. The victory followed his stunning earlier performance in the Alps and the Pyrenees, where he won three tough mountain stages and built a big lead atop the overall standings. The uphill legs force many to...

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Armstrong wins mountain stage, takes race lead

...Luz-Ardiden -- takes place in the mountains. The race standings are unlikely to change significantly once riders leave the Pyrenees. Armstrong, his U.S. Postal Service teammate Roberto Heras and Ullrich broke from the front pack at the foot of the final...

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From front yard to the farm yard

...repaired a fence and collected eggs. Out in the sheep pasture, they met the resident ram and ewes and fed Samson, the Great Pyrenees sheepdog puppy. Between activities, Eli found time to feed a grasshopper to a chicken, capture a bumpy baby toad, take...

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Taking in the sights, Armstrong cruises to third straight victory

...rival, Jan Ullrich, nearly two minutes. Nor was there was opportunity to appreciate the wild beauty of the densely wooded Pyrenees when Armstrong powered up a grueling climb to Pla d'Adet, cementing his lead. He won the stage, taking the leader's...

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Summit lies in Armstrong's path

...106-mile mostly flat stretch from Lavelanet at the foot of the Pyrenees to Beziers near the Mediterranean coast. Armstrong is the...Friday's grueling climb to the Plateau de Beille in the Pyrenees left Armstrong with a lead of 2 minutes and 28 seconds over...

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MRI reveals broken neck vertebrae for Tour champ

...1999 Tour de France and repeated as champion this summer. In May, Armstrong was hospitalized overnight after crashing in the Pyrenees Mountains of France while training for the tour. In the latest accident, Armstrong's bicycle was destroyed and his helmet...

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Armstrong falls back after eighth stage

...two days." On Tuesday, the tour heads into the Alps for the first mountain stages. After two days, the race moves to the Pyrenees for another three days of grueling climbs. Many riders abandon the tour during these stages. Although O'Grady's lead...

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