High winds knock out power to thousands as whopper of weekend snowstorm approaches - Star Tribune
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High winds knocked out power to thousands of customers as a major snowstorm approaches for the weekend. The Star Tribune reported the outages ahead of what forecasters are calling a "whopper" storm system.
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