News 2008-05-06 Andanh.com

Study on Mandan events center unveiled Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
If Mandan goes ahead with plans to build an event center, it should target agricultural and equestrian events and expect to spend between $12 million and $26 million on the project.

Massive dragline creeping to new location Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
BEULAH - The Missouri Quest will make its longest march ever, but it will be away from the water, not toward it.

Hearing set on pool bonds Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
Burleigh County's role in authorizing MIDA (Municipal Industrial Development Act) bonds for construction of the indoor aquatic-wellness center by the Streamline Foundation was debated at Monday's commission meeting.

Southport Marina, Pier sold Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
The Moritz family and partners recently purchased the Southport Marina, including the Pier Restaurant and Bar, the convenience store, fueling station and slips.

Two hurt in brutal assaults Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
An apparent assault put a 26-year-old Bismarck man in intensive care.

Parents asked to take online survey Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
Parents of children who attend Bismarck public schools are being sent a postcard in the mail asking them to take an online survey, starting this month.

Paddlefish season ending Wednesday Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
North Dakota's paddlefish snagging season is closing to harvest at 10 p.m. CDT Wednesday, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced Monday.

Ellendale plans showcase of art Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
Residents of the Ellendale area will present "A Show of Our Mothers' Love," a showcase of art created by mothers, on Saturday and Sunday.

County hires park ranger Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
Longtime North Dakota Game and Fish employee Ray Goetz, now retired, is Burleigh County's new park ranger.

State group giving away sheep to find young shepherds Sun, 4 May 2008 04:05:23 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A North Dakota group, hoping to bolster the next generation of shepherds, plans to give away sheep.

Another swastika found on UND campus Sun, 4 May 2008 04:05:23 -0500
GRAND FORKS (AP) - Another swastika has been found on the University of North Dakota campus. Four members of UND's anthropology department say campus administrators are not doing enough to address the problem of "institutionalized racism."

Longtime Aberdeen barber loves to joke Sun, 4 May 2008 04:05:23 -0500
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - Aberdeen barber Don Gisi has racked up about 300,000 haircuts since he opened his shop on South Main Street in Aberdeen 50 years ago.

Man sentenced for bank robbery Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A 47-year-old man has been sentenced for an armed bank robbery last August at a credit union in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Woman sues taxi company, driver Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A woman kidnapped by a taxi driver in 2004 is suing him and the cab company.

Red River Basin map to be made Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
FARGO - A $5 million project to develop a digital elevation map of the Red River Basin is expected to turn flood forecasting into a game of inches.

AAA: N.D. cheap for vacation Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
North Dakotans wanting an inexpensive vacation should stay in the state.

Female inmate recaptured Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
DICKINSON (AP) - A New England prison female inmate has been recaptured after walking away from a work release program.

Man saves church from blaze Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
MINOT (AP) - Authorities are crediting a farmer with saving a church from a Burke County grass fire.

Rugby jailer sentenced in fed court Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A former prison guard accused of trying to help three men escape from a Rugby jail has been sentenced to four years in federal prison.

Man charged with sexual assault Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A Fargo man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old autistic boy.

Court upholds dismissal of IHS suit Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the Indian Health Service alleging a violation of privacy rights.

State parks hurting for summer help Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
MINOT (AP) - North Dakota's state parks are hurting for summer help, and officials are turning to teachers, young teens and retired workers to fill jobs once coveted by college students.

Western groups want BLM to consider climate change decisions Sun, 4 May 2008 04:05:23 -0500
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Conservationists are shifting the debate over oil and gas development across the West from the preservation of a single species here or there to the potential impacts that development could have on entire landscapes due to climate change.

Grand Forks airport gets runway grant Sun, 4 May 2008 04:05:23 -0500
GRAND FORKS (AP) - The Grand Forks International Airport has received a 5 million dollar federal grant for a new crosswind runway.

Wife convicted of draining soldier's accounts Sun, 4 May 2008 04:05:23 -0500
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A jury has convicted a woman of draining her husband's investment accounts while he was serving in Iraq with the Minnesota National Guard.

Inmate can seek state information on execution Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Convicted murdered Donald Moeller can continue to seek information about South Dakota's method of execution as he fights his death sentence for the 1990 rape and murder of a 9-year-old Sioux Falls girl, a federal judge has ruled.

Bridge victim fund clears Legislature Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Nine months and four days after the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed, the Minnesota Legislature approved a $38 million compensation package for the victims on Wednesday and sent it to a supportive Gov. Tim Pawlenty.

Advocates for raw milk protest Pa. dairy farmer's prosecution Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
MT. HOLLY SPRINGS, Pa. - The Department of Agriculture threw its weight at dairy farmer Mark Nolt.

Senators call for EPA to reconsider ethanol output mandate Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans have asked environmental regulators to use their power to halt the country's plans to expand ethanol production amid rising food prices.

CENTURY-DICKINSON BASEBALL: Kovacs a model of efficiency Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
BySTEVETHOMAS BismarckTribune Dickinsonright-hander Grant Kovacs had it all cooking on Monday.

Morning Leadoff Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
Trivia answer From 1D: On this date in 1917, Bob Groom of the St. Louis Browns duplicated teammate Ernie Koob's feat of the previous day by pitching a 3-0 no-hit victory against the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader in St. Louis.

HIGGINS AWARD: Bortke, Holly, Nygard honored Tue, 6 May 2008 09:05:07 -0500
The Bismarck Quarterback Club instituted the Roger Higgins Award - named for the beloved former University of Mary sportscaster - five years ago to honor those who have given long-standing service to the Bismarck-Mandan athletic community.

Area Sports Tue, 6 May 2008 04:05:24 -0500
BOYSBASKETBALL LIONSALL-STARTEAMSNAMED Mr. Basketball AustinDufault of Killdeer will be present, but a lot of familiar faces will be missing from the Lions All-Star boys basketball series.

First international aid reaches Myanmar after cyclone Tue, 6 May 2008 19:45:17 -0500
YANGON, Myanmar - International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy delta, the nation's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world.

China accuses US of shoddy probe into tainted heparin Tue, 6 May 2008 20:45:11 -0500
BEIJING - China's drug safety agency accused the United States on Tuesday of blocking Beijing's inquiry into a blood thinner linked to 81 deaths by refusing to provide details on victims and specifics about production.

Golfing Baghdad's Green Zone: a course with real bunkers Tue, 6 May 2008 14:45:15 -0500
BAGHDAD - The weight of the 9-iron felt just right. My first swing off the first tee was smooth and the ball sailed straight and true.

Historians seek public report on World War II forgeries Tue, 6 May 2008 15:45:24 -0500
LONDON - British historians called Tuesday for a public report on the inquiry into 29 forged documents found at the National Archives that falsely accuse Winston Churchill's government of having a secret, cordial relationship with Nazi SS chief Henrich Himmler at the height of World War II.

12 killed in air strikes in north Darfur, aid group says Tue, 6 May 2008 18:45:09 -0500
KHARTOUM, Sudan - The peacekeeping force in Darfur said Tuesday it was still trying to evacuate those wounded in airstrikes two days earlier that an aid group reported left 12 people dead, including six children.

Russia, US sign civil nuclear pact Tue, 6 May 2008 20:45:12 -0500
MOSCOW - Russian and U.S. officials signed a key agreement on civilian nuclear power Tuesday that could give Washington access to Russian technology and potentially hand Moscow lucrative deals on storing spent fuel.

Marines ignore Taliban cash crop to not upset Afghan locals Tue, 6 May 2008 14:45:15 -0500
GARMSER, Afghanistan - The Marines of Bravo Company's 1st Platoon sleep beside a grove of poppies. Troops in the 2nd Platoon playfully swat at the heavy opium bulbs while walking through the fields. Afghan laborers scraping the plant's gooey resin smile and wave.

Hitting age 60, Israel gets nostalgic for the old days Tue, 6 May 2008 13:45:10 -0500
JERUSALEM - As Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Israelis have their gaze set firmly backward.

Iraqi civilians flee fighting in Baghdad militia stronghold Tue, 6 May 2008 15:45:24 -0500
BAGHDAD - A rocket slammed into Baghdad's city hall and another hit a downtown park Tuesday as more frightened civilians fled a Shiite militia stronghold where U.S.-led forces are locked in fierce street battles.

Chinese president in Japan hoping to further ease frictions Tue, 6 May 2008 11:45:09 -0500
TOKYO - President Hu Jintao, on the first visit to Japan by a Chinese leader in 10 years, called Tuesday for the Asian giants to improve their often strained relations and _ as a show of goodwill _ reportedly offered to lend Tokyo a pair of pandas.

Co-founder of Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores dies at 90 Tue, 6 May 2008 19:45:28 -0500
LOS ANGELES - Irvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought Rocky Road, Pralines 'n Cream and other exotic ice cream concoctions to every corner of America, has died at age 90. Robbins had been ill for some time and died Monday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., said his daughter Marsha Veit.

75 students arrested in San Diego State University drug bust Tue, 6 May 2008 20:45:20 -0500
SAN DIEGO - Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested and six fraternities were suspended after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday.

Nevada governor wants his mansion back and his wife out Tue, 6 May 2008 18:45:20 -0500
CARSON CITY, Nev. - The state that pioneered the quickie divorce is witnessing a potentially ugly breakup that has the governor of Nevada fighting to get back into his own mansion.

APNewsBreak: Sniper Muhammad seeks to halt death-row appeal Tue, 6 May 2008 18:45:20 -0500
McLEAN, Va. - Washington-area sniper John Allen Muhammad is asking prosecutors in a letter to help him end legal appeals of his conviction and death sentence "so that you can murder this innocent black man."

Church leader arrested on sex charges in northeast N.M. Tue, 6 May 2008 20:45:21 -0500
SANTA FE, N.M. - The leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony sex crimes against children.

8 in NYC accused of torturing, robbing drug dealers Tue, 6 May 2008 19:45:29 -0500
NEW YORK - A gang of police impersonators abducted and tortured cocaine traffickers, forcing them to hand over multimillion-dollar stashes by holding their families hostage or threatening to squeeze their testicles with pliers, authorities said Tuesday.

TV video shows Philly officers kicking, hitting 3 suspects Tue, 6 May 2008 20:45:21 -0500
PHILADELPHIA - A half-dozen police officers kicked and beat three men pulled from a car during a traffic stop as a TV helicopter taped the confrontation.

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