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| Kindergarten goes all-day in Mandan this week Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 Bright yellow nametags with neat printed letters dot some of the desks in Sara Hills' classroom. |
| Classes are starting again Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 Students in Bismarck-Mandan begin returning to school this week. |
| New Mandan Middle School opens this week Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 Being an eighth-grader has its advantages. Eighth-graders know the best lockers, the fastest way through the lunch line and where to go when they don't want to be seen. |
| Battlefield site events planned Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 KULM - A series of free public programs commemorating key anniversaries at the Whitestone Hill Battlefield State Historic Site near Kulm will be featured Sept. 5 and Sept. 7. |
| Governor, wife hosting blood drive Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 Gov. John Hoeven and first lady Mikey Hoeven have opened the Governor's Residence to hold a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. |
| History conference set for November Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 "Lincoln Legacy: The Homestead Act, the 20th annual Governor's Conference on North Dakota History," will be held Nov. 7-8 at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck. |
| Curt Eriksmoen: Baseball league faced constant change, challenge Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 The Northern League has operated professional baseball teams during six different time cycles. These include 1902 to 1905, 1908, 1913 to 1917, 1933 to 1943, 1946 to 1971, and 1993 to the present time. |
| Former coach to address summit Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 Sen. Byron L. Dorgan, D-N.D., and former college basketball coach Dale Brown are the two keynote speakers for the Twelfth Annual Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck. |
| Workshops dealing with disabilities slated Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 On Sept. 10, Catherine Hayes will be the speaker at two workshops sponsored by the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities. |
| Eagle sculpture to be dedicated Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 The eagle sculpture, "The Keeper," a student project of the United Tribes Art-Art Marketing program, will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Sept. 4. |
| Road, river crossing causes stir Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 One of the trails near Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch site, where the former president ranched and sought solitude more than a century ago, could become a road and river crossing under a plan county officials have pushed for two decades. |
| A secluded place still in Minot Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 MINOT (AP) - Minot's growth during the past several decades has sprawled over many acres of once rural countryside. |
| Mayville State erasing deficit Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 MAYVILLE (AP) - Mayville State University says it is on track to erase a $900,000 deficit by July 2010. |
| Defense wants informant details in S.D. slaying Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 RAPID CITY, S.D. - A man charged with a decades-old murder wants the U.S. government to disclose details of payments to informants and the name of one who said the victim was still alive weeks after the time period prosecutors believed she was killed. |
| Victim of crash near Manvel identified Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 MANVEL (AP) - The Highway Patrol has identified the victim of a car crash in Grand Forks County. |
| New centers hope to ease child care crunch Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 MINOT (AP) - Two new centers hope to ease a child care crunch in Minot. |
| Stretch of U.S. 2 to remain two-lane Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 WILLISTON (AP) - Montana is working on a proposal to four-lane U.S. Highway 2 between Culbertson and the North Dakota border. But North Dakota officials say there are no plans yet to four-lane the last 12 miles of U.S. 2 in North Dakota. |
| U.S. oil and gas rig count up by 23 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose by 23 last week to 1,990. |
| Motorcycle crash kills Valley City woman Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 TURTLE LAKE (AP) - A Valley City woman has died from injuries she suffered in a motorcycle crash in McLean County. |
| Girls to testify in molestation case Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 FARGO (AP) - A judge has ruled that four young girls are competent to testify in the upcoming trial of a 21-year-old former Fargo YMCA day care worker accused of molesting them. |
| Health units to intensify secondhand smoke effort Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:06:35 -0500 A group of public health units in North Dakota is planning to boost its efforts to educate the public about secondhand smoke. |
| Russia says Georgia pullout to begin Monday Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:04 -0500 GORI, Georgia - Russia's president said troops would begin pulling out of Georgia on Monday, but made no mention of leaving the separatist province at the heart of the conflict between the countries. |
| 7,000 police blanket Kabul before celebration Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:10 -0500 KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan police ordered 7,000 officers onto the streets of Kabul to guard against attacks on senior leaders during Independence Day celebrations Monday, responding to signs of the Taliban's growing strength near the capital. |
| Pakistan burn victims turn beauticians Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:11 -0500 LAHORE, Pakistan - Saira Liaqat squints through her one good eye as she brushes a woman's hair. Her face, most of which the acid melted years ago, occasionally lights up with a smile. Her hands, largely undamaged, deftly handle the dark brown locks. |
| US drawdown raises security fears in Iraqi city Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:11 -0500 TAL AFAR, Iraq - A series of bombings in this small but strategic northwestern Iraqi city is stoking fears of a return to sectarian conflict here and raising questions about a strategy of handing urban security to Iraqi police. |
| China confiscates Bibles from American Christians Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:45:07 -0500 BEIJING - Chinese customs officials confiscated more than 300 Bibles on Sunday from four American Christians who arrived in a southwestern city with plans to distribute them, the group's leader said. |
| Israel approves release of 200 jailed Palestinians Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:45:08 -0500 JERUSALEM - Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved the release of some 200 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. |
| Pakistan edges toward Musharraf impeachment Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:45:07 -0500 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's ruling coalition took another step Sunday toward impeaching President Pervez Musharraf, finalizing the charges to be launched against the former army strongman if he refuses to resign. |
| A lurid sex story returns to haunt Malaysia Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:11 -0500 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - In headlines, on TV news and around dinner tables, the talk has turned lurid in Malaysia these days. |
| 2 bombs explode in Spanish resorts; no injuries Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:45:21 -0500 MALAGA, Spain - Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded at tourist resorts in southern Spain on Sunday, authorities said. No injuries were reported, but more than 10,000 people were evacuated from a harbor area. |
| Iraqi police: Bomber kills US-allied Sunni leader Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:06 -0500 BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber dressed in a woman's robe detonated explosives Sunday in a heavily guarded area of Baghdad, killing the deputy leader of a Sunni neighborhood's security volunteers who had turned against al-Qaida, Iraqi officials said. |
| Visitors urged to leave Florida Keys ahead of Fay Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:16 -0500 KEY WEST, Fla. - A light stream of traffic headed out of Key West Sunday as officials urged visitors to leave the string of low-lying islands ahead of Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane. |
| Texas authorities say body is abducted clerk Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:45:36 -0500 DALLAS - A body found in a remote area was been identified as the clerk whose abduction from a store in a small North Texas town was recorded by security cameras, authorities said Sunday. |
| Fairs tout green efforts, but some still struggle Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:16 -0500 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The doughnut stand's exterior was plastic and studded with incandescent lights. It had its own humming generators. And the cold water for sale came in plastic bottles. |
| Joys, burdens of being best face Phelps now Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:45:17 -0500 He stood, literally, on top of the world: Everest. The highest mountain on earth. |
| Calif. man rescued after 2 nights in old mine Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:17 -0500 SONORA, Calif. - A man was rescued from an abandoned gold mine Sunday after tumbling more than 100 feet and spending two nights at the bottom of the dark shaft, authorities said. |
| Texas officials want 8 sect kids back in custody Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:45:18 -0500 SAN ANGELO, Texas - More than two months after being forced to return children from a polygamist sect to their parents, Texas child welfare authorities want eight of the youngsters put back in foster care. |
| Hawaiian palace occupied anew; 22 arrested Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:45:27 -0500 HONOLULU - A group of Native Hawaiians claiming to be the state's legitimate rulers occupied the grounds of a historic palace for two hours before being arrested by state officers in the second recent takeover of its kind. |
| Road proposal riles activists in Roosevelt country Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:45:23 -0500 BISMARCK, N.D. - Plans to turn a secluded Badlands trail into a major road and river crossing might not have created such a stir if not for where it is: near the ranch where Theodore Roosevelt helped conceive the American conservation movement. |
| Windmills split town and families Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:15 -0500 LOWVILLE, N.Y. - "Listen," John Yancey says, leaning against his truck in a field outside his home. |
| 9/11 aid groups close or adapt as money wanes Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:45:26 -0500 NEW YORK - Terry Grace Sears knows she has still has work to do helping the families of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof last week on the faces of kids just beginning to open up about their parents' deaths in the terror attack. |
| AP IMPACT: Weak rules cripple appraiser oversight Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:45:06 -0500 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - As soaring home prices set the stage for America's great housing meltdown, a critical step in making sure those home sales were a fair deal _ the real estate appraisal _ was undermined from within. |
| Inflated appraisal nearly cost family its home Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:07 -0500 HOPE MILLS, N.C. - After 25 years as a doorman on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Carl Petrone was ready to retire from the cold winters and his daily commute. |
| Questions and answers on hiring an appraiser Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:08 -0500 Questions and answers on how consumers can ensure they are getting an honest appraisal when buying or selling a home, refinancing an existing mortgage or taking out a home equity loan or line of credit: |
| Kosher meatpacker struggles after immigration raid Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:45:06 -0500 POSTVILLE, Iowa - Three months after the nation's largest immigration raid, chickens and beef carcasses are again moving down the line at Agriprocessors' sprawling kosher meatpacking plant, but managers acknowledge that business still isn't back to normal. |
| Oil's down, stocks are up, but uncertainty remains Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:45:07 -0500 NEW YORK - The past four weeks on Wall Street have been quite a welcome contrast. Stocks have risen, the dollar has strengthened and oil prices have plummeted. |
| Qwest, unions keep talking; workers remain on job Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:45:01 -0500 DENVER - Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union were working on scheduling time Sunday to sit down for further negotiations after a labor contract expired. |
| A small town struggles after immigration raid Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:45:09 -0500 POSTVILLE, Iowa - A vague unease whispered through this tiny town in northeastern Iowa, where the rolling hills are a study in vivid colors _ red barns, white clapboard houses, and vibrant green cornfields plowed with almost architectural precision. |
| Breaking up big banks questioned as losses mount Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:45:09 -0500 NEW YORK - America's biggest banks have suffered unprecedented losses from the ongoing credit crisis, and that's made some investors question whether the big financial conglomerates should be broken up in order to survive. |
| Former DirecTV head named LA Times publisher Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:45:10 -0500 LOS ANGELES - Eddy Hartenstein, a former head of DirecTV, will become publisher of the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reported Saturday. |
| Oil touches 3-month low on stronger US dollar Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:45:04 -0500 NEW YORK - Oil fell to its lowest price in three months Friday, briefly touching the $111 level after the dollar muscled higher and OPEC predicted the world's thirst for fuel next year will fall to its lowest point since 2002. |
| Egypt: Septuplets' mother hopes to hold them soon Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:45:14 -0500 CAIRO, Egypt - A day after giving birth to septuplets, a 27-year-old Egyptian woman said Sunday she's only seen her babies on television and hopes to hold them and name them soon. |
| Pigeon found at NYC playground was painted purple Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:45:11 -0500 NEW YORK - Pigeons come in many shades in New York City _ but purple is typically not one of them. |
| Georgia men claim hairy, frozen corpse is Bigfoot Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:45:21 -0500 PALO ALTO, Calif. - Bigfoot or big fat lie? Whenever someone reports sighting the hairy beast of yore (details always fuzzy) or capturing the hirsute humanoid on film (images always grainy), it scares up a dubious debate of international proportions. Friday was just the latest episode in the Sasquatch show, as unreal as it may be. |
| Woman accused of beating fiance at prenup party Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:14 -0500 POULSBO, Wash. - A Poulsbo woman was jailed after being accused of beating up her fiance at their prenuptial party. Kitsap County sheriff's deputies said the woman's 12-year-old son told her he saw her fiance kissing one of her women friends early Thursday morning. |
| Bearded man in women's garb accused of tip theft Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:14 -0500 FAIRFIED, Conn. - Fairfield police said they didn't have much problem tracking down a theft suspect, a bearded man dressed in a tank top and capri pants. Police say a 22-year-old Norwalk man was caught on tape taking $30 from the tip jar at O Bar Wednesday night. |
| Forgotten bifocals leads to $3 million jackpot Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:14 -0500 ROANOKE, Ind. - A man's forgotten bifocals led to a $3 million lottery jackpot. Bobby Guffey usually plays the same combination of numbers representing the birthdays of his five children. But he left his glasses at home when he bought the winning ticket Aug. 6, accidentally entering the last number as 48 instead of 46. |
| Ark. man finds 4.42-carat diamond at state park Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:14 -0500 MURFREESBORO, Ark. - A local diamond hunter found a 4.42-carat stone Friday after about a 30-minute search at the Crater of Diamonds State Park, a park official announced. |
| Stickers appraise mundane objects in downtown Wis. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:14 -0500 APPLETON, Wis. - No one seems to know where the mysterious stickers came from _ colorful dots that appeared in this eastern Wisconsin town, apparently placing a value on the most mundane of public objects. An orange dot on a decorative light post is labeled "Art Object, $10,000." |
| Man's ear chewed off after dispute with neighbor Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:15 -0500 OGDEN, Utah - Two Ogden neighbors got into a fight after a minor league baseball game that ended with one them biting off a part of the other's ear. The two men had returned home from the Ogden Raptors baseball game late Wednesday when police said one man apparently offended the other with a comment. |
| Mom, daughter lead Kenyan village in AIDS recovery Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:45:14 -0500 RABUOR, Kenya - Loyce Mbewa-Ong'udi was late. Family and friends milled around her parents' house in the green hills overlooking Lake Victoria, waiting for the daughter from America to return home. |
| Egypt: Septuplets' mother hopes to hold them soon Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:45:06 -0500 CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian mother of septuplets says she's only seen her babies on TV but hopes to hold them and name them soon. |
| University opening new integrative medicine center Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:45:06 -0500 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management of its new Center for Life. |
| 1st US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:45:06 -0500 WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Friday cleared the first treatment approved in the United States for Huntington's, a rare inherited disease that causes uncontrolled movements, deterioration of mental abilities and, ultimately, death. |
| FDA says chemical found in plastic bottles is safe Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:45:06 -0500 WASHINGTON - Despite ongoing safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not dangerous, federal regulators said Friday. |
| Salmonella outbreak winds down; questions remain Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:08 -0500 WASHINGTON - The nationwide salmonella outbreak is finally winding down but federal health officials can't yet say how the few tainted Mexican peppers they've found could explain such widespread illness. |
| Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:45:06 -0500 WASHINGTON - Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation's most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case. |
| Blood transfusions give Argentine patients HIV Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:09 -0500 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Two intensive-care patients contracted HIV after receiving blood transfusions at public hospitals in the Argentine province of Cordoba, a newspaper reported Friday. |
| Doctors debate when to declare organ donors dead Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:45:09 -0500 NEW YORK - A report on three heart transplants involving babies is focusing attention on a touchy issue in the organ donation field: When and how can someone be declared dead? |
| Argentina investigates deaths of vaccinated kids Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:45:08 -0500 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine authorities are exploring a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial run by GlaxoSmithKline. |
| Harvesting wind Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| EGF man dies after collision Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| Phelps makes it 8 with relay gold Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| Convention delegates happy despite price tag Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| FACE TO FACE with Rhombus Guys Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| Building Blais Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| Here comes the class of 2021 Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| Rules of the road: Crookston instructor puts the drive in driver's ed Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| MATTERS AT HAND: Hildebrand gave N.D. time, space to enjoy the outdoors Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| GF youth sporting clays program flies high in its first year Sun, 17 August 2008 |
| Good harvest expected in region Tue, 12 August 2008 |
| Groups reach deal with Griggs-Steele counties wind farm Tue, 12 August 2008 |
| Surplus has a downside Sat, 09 August 2008 |
| Man charged in sexual assault at Mandan hotel Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 A man arrested while carrying two weapons stolen from a North Dakota Highway Patrol vehicle now faces attempted murder and gross sexual imposition charges in relation to a Mandan sexual assault. |
| ELCA bishop makes HIV awareness a priority Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 As presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and president of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop Mark Hanson logs lots of travel time. From orphanages in Tanzania to HIV/AIDS conferences in Toronto and Mexico City, Hanson gets a global overview of challenges facing the world, and so, the church. |
| Horse sale event to benefit house Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 The 11th annual Hetletved quarter horse sale will be today and Sunday. |
| Y.E.S. House closing at month's end Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 An organization that ran a home for young men released from correctional systems has decided to dissolve due to funding challenges. |
| Fire started by ashes from pit Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 A fire that damaged a Bismarck home started in a garbage can where ashes from a fire pit had been dumped. |
| Model aircraft club to gather Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 The Missouri Slope Model Aircraft Club will hold its annual memorial fun fly this weekend at the field at McDowell Dam. |
| Measures falling short Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 Associated Press Proposed ballot measures that would affect North Dakota's child custody laws and the qualifications for state school superintendent have fallen short of qualifying for a statewide vote. |
| Michigan grocery to reopen Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 MICHIGAN (AP) - The only grocery store in the northeastern North Dakota community of Michigan will reopen. |
| Bid awarded to raze school Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 NORTHWOOD (AP) - A Grand Forks company has won a bid of about $341,000 to raze the tornado-damaged school in Northwood. |
| Man killed in rollover near Manvel Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 MANVEL (AP) - The Highway Patrol says a freight train struck a car that had overturned and settled on the tracks near Manvel, and authorities found the car's driver dead nearby. |
| Bakken oil could increase Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 GRAND FORKS (AP) - A University of North Dakota professor says research could more than double the amount of oil recovered from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota and Montana. |
| Man shot at campground Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 MINOT (AP) - Minot police say no charges are expected in a shooting that injured a man after a fight at a campground. |
| Pembina church marks 190 years Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 PEMBINA (AP) - A North Dakota church is celebrating its 190th anniversary. |
| Some legislators don't check e-mail Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 Some legislators say they pay little or no attention to their state e-mail accounts between sessions. |
| Man pleads guilty in fatal crash Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 GRAND FORKS (AP) - A Grand Forks man charged with manslaughter has changed his plea to guilty. |
| Conviction in rape case overturned Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 FARGO (AP) - A Fargo woman says she learned this week that the man sentenced to 125 years for raping her daughter has been released in South Dakota. |
| Tornado hits fairgrounds in S.D. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:14 -0500 ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - The Brown County Fair, which is under way at Aberdeen, had an unwelcome visitor Thursday afternoon. |