News 2008-05-02 Andanh.com

Home Depot to close Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Jennifer Helvig heard Home Depot was closing and took an hour off from work.

Hemphill to complete 5-year sentence Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
A man convicted in 2002 of leading police on two car chases through Burleigh County has had his probation revoked for the second time.

Cheese plant promises to comply Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
With fines of more than $4,300 piling up over the past 93 days, Mandan's Dakota Country Cheese Inc. has until Tuesday to rectify the matter or face $500 daily fines.

Best of Dakota Stage marks its 30th season Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Thirty years ago, America was facing escalating gas prices and Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite" became the first show produced by Bismarck's Dakota Stage Ltd.

Steiner taking leadership coaching online Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Leadership coach LaVonn Steiner said she's excited about taking her leadership coaching to a whole new level.

March for Babies will be on Saturday Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
One out of every eight babies in North Dakota is born premature, according to statistics from the March of Dimes.

Nishu meetings move to indoor range Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
The Nishu Bowmen will move their monthly meetings to the new indoor range starting with Tuesday's 7 p.m. meeting.

Minot derailment checks in the mail Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
About 3,100 Minot residents will share in a $7 million lawsuit settlement with Canadian Pacific Railway stemming from a derailment and chemical spill more than six years ago.

States seeking more say in regulating pesticides Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Some states are seeking more of a say in where and how federal officials restrict pesticide use in areas with endangered species.

Congress sends Bush sixth extension of farm law Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
WASHINGTON - Congress has sent a sixth extension of farm and nutrition programs to President Bush as lawmakers struggle to finish a farm bill that can survive a presidential veto.

Economist says ethanol industry will keep crop prices high Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department's chief economist told Congress on Thursday that prices for corn and other food commodities will remain at "historically high levels" in coming years as the U.S. ethanol industry expands.

Search continues for missing Mont. woman Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Authorities continue to search for a 34-year-old Glendive woman who was reported missing on April 12, Dawson County officials said.

Minnesota utility to own part of wind project Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Otter Tail Power Co. wants to own part of North Dakota's largest wind farm in eastern North Dakota.

Minot airman sentenced to jail for fatal crash Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
MINOT (AP) - A Minot Air Force Base man has been sentenced to a year in jail on a negligent homicide charge stemming from a fiery crash that killed another airman.

McCain backs off government waste as cause of bridge collapse Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
CLEVELAND (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday backed off his assertion that pork-barrel spending led to last year's deadly bridge collapse in Minneapolis.

Psych evaluation ordered for former sheriff in mail case Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for a former Richland County sheriff facing federal charges as a mail carrier.

Oil field services company plans to expand in Minot Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
MINOT (AP) - An Alberta-based oil field services company plans to anchor Minot's energy park and bring 80 jobs to the area in three years.

Cass County sheriff's name on squad cars Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
FARGO (AP) - Cass County patrol vehicles have received a $9,000 makeover with Sheriff Paul Laney's name.

State Radio director says more work needed to communicate Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Turf battles have hampered attempts to improve a statewide law enforcement communications system, the director of North Dakota State Radio says.

About 500 activists march for immigrant rights in St. Paul Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - About 500 immigrant rights activists and their supporters are marching through St. Paul to the state Capitol to advocate for immigration reform.

Remains of Wahpeton soldier returned Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
FARGO - The sisters of Pfc. Joseph Meyer Jr. wept as his flag-draped casket was carried off a commercial jet Thursday, bringing him home more than 58 years after he left the state as a 17-year-old Army recruit.

Man pleads guilty in counterfeit case Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
A Bismarck man accused of making and using counterfeit money has pleaded guilty in federal court.

Former state Guard commander among higher ed applicants Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Associated Press A former North Dakota National Guard commander is among the applicants to be a member of the state Board of Higher Education.

Survey shows relative strength of Midwestern economy Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A survey of business executives in nine Midwestern and Plains states suggests their state economies are humming right along despite wholesale inflationary pressures.

N.D. paddlefish season opens Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
WILLISTON (AP) - North Dakota's paddlefish season is open between the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers in northwestern North Dakota.

Fargo named one of nation's cleanest cities Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A city outside California has for the first time been named the sootiest in the nation, one of the categories the American Lung Association uses to determine the most polluted cities in the country.

Electric generation facility planned Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. and a Nevada geothermal company are planning a project in Morton County that would use captured heat to drive electricity generators.

Leapalt to the rescue for the Pats Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
Based on experience, many parents would contend teenagers are biologically incapable of listening to their elders. Tate Leapaldt stands as an exception to the rule.

Naglosky is U-Mary's Miss Utility Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
It's not a big deal for University of Mary softball player Sara Naglosky to step in to play any position.

Area sports Fri, 2 May 2008 04:05:32 -0500
NAHL PLAYOFFS ROBERTSON CUP At St. Louis Round-robin Wednesday, April 30 Topeka 3, Mahoning Valley 2 St. Louis 3, Alexandria 2 Thursday, May 1 Topeka 4,Alexandria 2 St. Louis 3, Mahoning Valley 3, 5OT Friday,May 2 Alexandria (1-1) vs. Mahoning Valley (0-1-1) St. Louis (1-0-1) vs. Topeka (2-0) Saturday, May 3 Semifinal Sunday, May 4 Championship COLLEGEBASEBALL BISMARCKTOHOST NORTHWOODSLEAGUE GAME An exhibition game between the Alexandria, Minn., Beetles and Brainerd, Minn., Blue Thunder is scheduled May 27 at Municipal Ballpark. Game time is 6:05 p.m.

Presidential results in Zimbabwe Fri, 2 May 2008 09:45:06 -0500
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition challenged official results Friday that say its leader has won the first round of the presidential election with 47.9 percent of the vote _ more than longtime President Robert Mugabe but not enough to avoid a runoff.

Car bomb kills or wounds dozens at a mosque in Yemen Fri, 2 May 2008 06:45:13 -0500
SAN'A, Yemen - A local government official says a car bomb has killed or wounded dozens of worshippers at a mosque in northern Yemen.

Somali fighters threaten revenge against US after airstrike Fri, 2 May 2008 09:45:06 -0500
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Islamist fighters in Somalia threatened Friday to avenge the death of a reputed al-Qaida commander killed in a U.S. airstrike and warned Americans to stay out of the Horn of Africa nation.

Dalai Lama's office: Envoys leave for China for Tibet talks Fri, 2 May 2008 07:45:07 -0500
DHARMSALA, India - Envoys of the Dalai Lama were traveling to China for talks aimed at ending the crisis in Tibet, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's office said Friday.

US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for suicide attack Fri, 2 May 2008 06:45:14 -0500
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Friday blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for a double suicide bombing that killed at least 36 people during a wedding procession through a crowd of people cheering the bride and groom in a town northeast of Baghdad.

Olympic torch relay ends in Hong Kong Fri, 2 May 2008 04:45:06 -0500
HONG KONG - The Olympic torch relay has ended in Hong Kong without any disruptions to the event.

Food crisis leaves many Afghans desperate Fri, 2 May 2008 05:45:11 -0500
KABUL, Afghanistan - Hungry Afghans looking for their next meal eye bread scraps piled up like heaps of trash at a Kabul market as a vendor weighs out fistfuls of the stale crusts on a scale. A Pashtun woman waits with an empty plastic sack.

Sonar probe planned on grounds of Austrian incest crime Fri, 2 May 2008 09:45:06 -0500
AMSTETTEN, Austria - Investigators plan to use sonar technology to probe the yard of an Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years to ensure that no more underground dungeons exist on the property, police said Friday.

Rice raises new doubts about Iran's nuclear program Thu, 1 May 2008 23:45:08 -0500
LONDON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised fresh doubts Thursday about the nature of Iran's nuclear program, saying if the clerical state really wanted only an avenue to peaceful atomic energy it could quickly have it.

Israeli Prime Minister Olmert questioned by police Fri, 2 May 2008 07:45:07 -0500
JERUSALEM - Investigators questioned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at his home Friday about new allegations surrounding campaign donations he received from a U.S. citizen, Olmert's office said.

AP NewsBreak: Deal reached for Minn. bridge collapse victims Fri, 2 May 2008 09:45:10 -0500
ST. PAUL, Minn. - State lawmakers said Friday they reached a $38 million agreement to compensate victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others.

80 mph winds damage hundreds of Mo. homes, businesses Fri, 2 May 2008 09:45:11 -0500
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Hurricane-force winds, hail and heavy rain moving through Missouri have left hundreds of homes and businesses damaged.

Republican blogger has Al Franken's Senate campaign reeling Fri, 2 May 2008 07:45:13 -0500
EAGAN, Minn. - Senate candidate Al Franken wants to talk about jobs, health care and global warming. Republican blogger Michael Brodkorb wants to talk about Franken's failure to pay all his income taxes on time.

Former Sen. Brooke mum on reported Barbara Walters affair Fri, 2 May 2008 09:45:11 -0500
NEW YORK - Former U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke declined to comment Friday about whether he had an affair with Barbara Walters in the 1970s.

Widow cleared of murder wants death certificate changed Fri, 2 May 2008 03:45:19 -0500
SAN DIEGO - Cynthia Sommer has a death certificate for her Marine husband that lists homicide as his cause of death. Forensic experts said Todd Sommer was poisoned with arsenic.

San Diego woman hoping for pardon after 32 years on the run Fri, 2 May 2008 01:45:09 -0500
SANTEE, Calif. - An attorney for a woman arrested in California 32 years after escaping a Detroit prison said he plans to petition Michigan's governor to commute the nine years remaining on her sentence.

Powdered cocaine not just for white yuppies any more Fri, 2 May 2008 04:45:13 -0500
WASHINGTON - They were indelible images of the cocaine world of the 1970s and '80s: Rich yuppies and white suburbanites partying down with a couple of lines of "blow." Stockbroker Charlie Sheen snorting up in the limo in "Wall Street." Woody Allen's sneeze in "Annie Hall."

`D.C. madam' who vowed not to go to prison kills herself Fri, 2 May 2008 04:45:14 -0500
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - The so-called "D.C. Madam" vowed she would never go to federal prison for running a high-end Washington prostitution ring. Not even for a day.

Uma Thurman 'freaked out' by accused NYC stalker Fri, 2 May 2008 07:45:13 -0500
NEW YORK - Uma Thurman's hands shook slightly and her lips quivered as she told a jury about the bizarre card she received from her accused stalker.

Employers cut fewer jobs in April, jobless rate falls Fri, 2 May 2008 09:45:02 -0500
WASHINGTON - Employers cut far fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent, a better-than-expected showing that nonetheless reveals strains in the nation's labor market.

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