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Byline: Chris Riemenschneider; Jon Bream; Kristin Tillotson; Marci Schmitt; Colin Covert; Staff Writers

Photo by Gwen Ross Breneman, 20, of Maple Grove, got a photo onstage with his idol Gwen Stefani -- and the pop star herself snapped it. The No Doubt singer brought up the Minneapolis College of Art & Design student at her band's Xcel Energy Center concert Sunday, when he gave her an acrylic portrait he made of her (pictured at right). "She asked me if I wanted her to sign it, but I told her to keep it," Breneman recalled. Stefani thanked him by grabbing his camera. "I could tell the security guards wanted me off, but she stopped to take the photo." CHRIS ...

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