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May 17, 2008 2:44 pm US/Central

Lawmakers Take A Break To Celebrate MN's Birthday

ST. PAUL (AP) ― Top legislators and Gov. Tim Pawlenty took a break from budget talks Saturday afternoon to mark Minnesota's 150th birthday.

They stepped out of the meeting rooms and onto the Capitol steps for the occasion, even though they still haven't resolved all their differences on a session-ending budget deal.

Lawmakers in suits mingled with casually dressed visitors as vintage airplanes buzzed overhead. But there was still no final agreement on bills addressing homeowner property taxes, tight school budgets, a nearly $1 billion-dollar state deficit and finance plans for the Mall of America and urban mass-transit users.

Pawlenty and top Democrats posed together for a picture, smiling broadly for the cameras before heading back into the closed-door negotiations.

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