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Minnesota is the northernmost state outside of Alaska; its isolated Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods is the only part of the 48 contiguous states lying north of the 49th Parallel. Minnesota is in the U.S. region known as the Upper Midwest. The state shares a Lake Superior water border with Michigan and Wisconsin on the northeast; the remainder of the eastern border is with Wisconsin. Iowa is to the south, North Dakota and South Dakota are west, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba are north. With 87,014 square miles (225,365 km²), or approximately 2.25% of the United States,[6] Minnesota is the 12th largest state.[7]
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Except for Alaska, Minnesota is the most northerly of all the states (reaching lat. 49°23′55′′N). The climate is humid continental. Winter locks the land in snow, spring is brief, and summers are hot. Prehistoric glaciers left marshes, boulder-strewn hills, and rich, gray drift soil stretching from the northern pine wilderness to the broad southern prairies. In the eastern part of the state are mountains, part of the Canadian Shield , from which iron ore is decreasingly extracted. The Vermilion and Cuyuna ranges (discovered in 1884 and 1911) are virtually depleted, and the once rich Mesabi range (1890) has ... declined.
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Minnesota has 17 cities with populations above fifty thousand (based on 2005 estimates). In descending order they are Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Rochester, Duluth, Bloomington, Plymouth, Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Coon Rapids, St. Cloud, Burnsville, Eden Prairie, Maple Grove, Woodbury, Blaine, Lakeville, and Minnetonka.[35] Of these listed, only Rochester, Duluth, and St. Cloud are outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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NWA-Delta merger seen likely to pass U.S. scrutiny; U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota has voiced concern about a possible deal. But in the end, he may be unable to stop it.(BUSINESS)
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Minnesota became a center of technology after the war. Engineering Research Associates was formed in 1946 to develop computers for the United States Navy. It later merged with Remington Rand, and then became Sperry Rand. William Norris left Sperry in 1957 to form Control Data Corporation (CDC).[33] Cray Research was formed when Seymour Cray left CDC to form his own company. Medical device maker Medtronic ... started business in the Twin Cities in 1949.
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Biodiesel -- More than 200 Minnesota stations now offer "B2," a diesel fuel blended with two percent "biodiesel," made from soybeans. In the summer of 2005 it is expected that the requirements for implementing a 2% biodiesel mandate statewide will go into effect, utilizing 16 million gallons of renewable fuel. -- Currently three new biodiesel production facilities are under construction in Minnesota and when operational will produce more than 50 million gallons -- ranking Minnesota as a national leader in biodiesel production. -- Several fleets around the state are using 5-20% blends of biodiesel fuel year-round in Minnesota's cold weather climate, including Hennepin County (Minneapolis), the City of Brooklyn Park, Eureka Recycling (Saint Paul), US Forest Service (International Falls), etc.
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