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By Joel Achenbach / The Bulletin
August 18, 2009
Scientists are playing an exotic game of pitch and catch between Illinois and Minnesota. Their catcher's mitt is solid iron, weighs 5,500 tons and is parked in northern Minnesota in an abandoned iron mine. Work has begun on another, bigger one, as well.
The pitcher is Fermilab, a sprawling U.S.....
