News 2008-07-01 Andanh.com

Felony charges reinstated against former WSI director Sandy Blunt Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Two felony charges against the former workers' compensation director were reinstated by the North Dakota Supreme Court on Monday.

Shared water makes good neighbors Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
PARSHALL - Sidnee Baca is only 5 years old and she knows cold splashing water feels thrilling on a hot day like Monday.

Fleeing motorists arrested Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
The Morton County Sheriff's Department handled two separate cases of people fleeing officers on Saturday.

Prostitution, forgery charges for woman with disability Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
A Bismarck woman faces forgery and prostitution charges after allegedly accepting money to have sex with a man, then forging his signature on checks.

Part of Centennial Road closed Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Beginning at 5 a.m. today, Centennial Road between Jericho Road and Trenton Drive will be reduced to one-lane traffic. The restriction will be in place for one day.

Fort Union plans Fourth activities Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Fort Union Trading Post will have a series of programs and activities taking place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the Fourth of July.

Brush Lake to celebrate 100th anniversary Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Residents and cabin owners at Brush Lake, three miles north of Mercer, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of "a businessman's dream."

MHS grad gets $500 scholarship Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Mandan High School graduate Sara Nitschke has received the Jane Ellis Scholarship from the PEO Chapter H. It is for $500.

Obama visit planned Thursday in Fargo Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
FARGO - Tickets are available in Fargo this week for a visit from Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Excerpts from N.D. Supreme Court's Blunt decision Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Excerpts from the North Dakota Supreme Court's decision Monday to reinstate felony criminal charges against Sandy Blunt, a former director of North Dakota's workers compensation agency. Blunt has been accused of misspending more than $18,000 in Workforce Safety and Insurance funds.

Oil is making millionaires in North Dakota Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Associated Press Writer By JAMES MacPHEBy JAMES MacPHERSON BEULAH - Oscar Stohler was raised in a sod house in western North Dakota and ranched there for nearly seven decades. He never gave much thought to what lay below the grass that fattened his cattle.

Official charged with DUI Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
A North Dakota Republican Party official and state House candidate has been charged with drunken driving and having an open container of alcohol after a crash that broke his upper left arm, officials say.

Flooding may not affect food prices Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
DES MOINES, Iowa - Midwest floods may not contribute as much to food inflation as was feared.

More wheat planted in N.D. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
FARGO (AP) - North Dakota farmers are planting more wheat and less corn this year, the latest Agriculture Department report says.

PSC may seek more staff Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
The state Public Service Commission is considering asking the Legislature for more staff.

Fargo smoking ban to take effect Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
FARGO (AP) - Fargo-area bar customers will have to stop puffing, under a smoking ban that takes effect today.

Progress sought in potato deal Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
A deal brokered last summer to ship North Dakota seed potatoes to Cuba has languished in the government bureaucracy, the state's agricultural commissioner says.

ND regulators renew Devils Lake outlet permit Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
North Dakota regulators have renewed a permit that allows diversion of Devils Lake water into the Sheyenne River, although it may last only a few months.

Power knocked out on Saturday Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A tree limb toppled by gusty winds Saturday afternoon knocked out power to more than 4,700 people in Fargo.

Dance group creator dies at 101 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
JAMESTOWN (AP) - Jamestown's Julia Schlaht, who was known as a teacher, a master gardener and creator of a Norwegian troll dancers group, has died at age 101.

USS Cole bombing charges announced Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole - and will seek the death penalty.

Hail damage in Fargo is keeping roofers busy Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A Sept. 21 hail storm in the Fargo area led to more than 14,000 insurance claims totaling about $62 million, the state Insurance Department says.

Welk leads first round of Big I Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Thomas Welk of Bismarck came into the clubhouse at Riverwood Golf CourseMonday with a smile on his face.

Wait is over for Retterath Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Charlie Retterath didn't see much action last summer with the Washburn Post 12 baseball team.

Breuer ready to ride with the big boys Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Mandan cowboy Ty Breuer is officially ready to compete with the big boys.

Morning leadoff Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
Trivia answer From 1D: Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the first Japanese player picked to play in a Major League Baseball All-Star game. Nomo, who at the time was the National League's leader in strikeouts and was second in ERA, was picked to be on the NL All-Star team on this date in 1995.

Area sports Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
CLASS A LEGION BASEBALL WEST FARGO 4-2, BISMARCK 3-4 WEST FARGO Cody Erhardt hit a three-run home run and Brady Wolf added a solo shot to help the Bismarck Governors defeat West Fargo 4-2 in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday.

Bortke stressed excellence in the classroom Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:06:03 -0500
A framed ad from the University of Mary hangs on the wall of Al Bortke's office.

AP IMPACT: Rebels desert as Colombia army advances Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:45:05 -0500
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia - Not long after two top commanders of Latin America's last major rebel army were killed _ one in a raid, the other by a turncoat bodyguard _ Diego Canizares decided to call it quits.

Hezbollah said to train Shiite militiamen in Iraq Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:45:06 -0500
BAGHDAD - Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran _ presumably to continue instruction on Iranian soil, according to two Shiite lawmakers and a top army officer.

Hopes fade for deal in Zimbabwe election crisis Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:45:13 -0500
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - African efforts to encourage a deal between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his opponents showed no results Tuesday, while Mugabe's spokesman defiantly said his boss has no plans to step down and told Western critics they can "go hang."

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,113 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:45:07 -0500
As of Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqi foreign minister urges deal with US Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:45:10 -0500
BAGHDAD - Iraq's foreign minister told lawmakers Tuesday the U.S. made major concessions in talks on a new security agreement, urging them to approve the deal to keep U.S. troops here after the U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year.

France takes over EU presidency Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:45:14 -0500
PARIS - France's six-month European Union presidency got off to a shaky start Tuesday amid bickering between the bloc's trade chief and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and glum comments from Poland's leader on the EU's future direction.

Toy story: Soviet-era landmark for kids closes Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:45:13 -0500
MOSCOW - The same year that Sputnik soared into space saw the launch of another Soviet-era icon that may have loomed larger for generations of Russians: a huge toy store in central Moscow called Detsky Mir, or Children's World.

Iraq by the numbers: key figures in the war Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:45:15 -0500
U.S. TROOP LEVELS: _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup. _June 2008: 145,000. CASUALTIES: _Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of June 30, 2008: At least 4,113.

Swedes outraged over new e-mail snooping law Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:45:15 -0500
MALIN RISING STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Swedes may cherish openness and transparency, but not enough to accept a new law giving the government the right to snoop on all e-mails and phone calls crossing the country's borders.

Peru, Bolivia leaders not so neighborly Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:45:12 -0500
CARLA SALAZAR LIMA, Peru - Peru's president said Tuesday that he's sick of Bolivian President Evo Morales criticizing Peru's trade pact with the United States, spreading false rumors about American military bases and urging Peruvians to protest in the street. Things really got unneighborly when Morales called Garcia "fat."

Police: Ex-convict suspected of killing 8 captured Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:45:17 -0500
GRANITE CITY, Ill. - An ex-convict who police believe killed eight people in two states and who was the subject of a multistate manhunt was caught Tuesday evening in southwestern Illinois, authorities said.

Letter writer boasts of killing pregnant soldier Tue, 1 Jul 2008 18:45:20 -0500
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A pregnant soldier lay dead in the bathtub. Reportedly scrawled on the motel-room mirror in lipstick was a crosshair design _ the same symbol contained in a letter that arrived at the local newspaper four days later.

Stepfather of missing Vt. girl facing fed charge Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:45:13 -0500
BETHEL, Vt. - The former stepfather of a missing Vermont girl was arrested and authorities said Tuesday he would be charged with obstructing justice for destroying evidence.

Calif. smoky haze causing spike in doctor visits Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:45:15 -0500
FRESNO, Calif. - California's raging wildfires have created a smoky haze so stifling that doctors in the state's landlocked farm country say their waiting rooms have been crowding with patients struggling to breathe amid the soot-laden air.

Jail guards investigated in Maryland inmate death Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:45:15 -0500
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - A man arrested in the hit-and-run death of a police officer was found strangled in his cell, and investigators focused Tuesday on guards at the suburban Maryland jail, which has a history of security lapses.

Fla. holds 1st execution since botched method Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:45:18 -0500
STARKE, Fla. - Florida on Tuesday carried out its first execution since a botched lethal injection procedure prompted the state to revamp the way it conducts capital punishment.

Recovery begins slowly for flooded river towns Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:45:15 -0500
ST. LOUIS - Some towns along the Mississippi River are beginning the slow task of recovery, even as water remains high.

Video shows woman dying on Brooklyn hospital floor Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:45:19 -0500
NEW YORK - City hospital officials agreed in court Tuesday to implement reforms at a psychiatric ward where surveillance footage showed a woman falling from her chair, writhing on the floor and dying as workers failed to help for more than an hour.

Sept. 11 memorial head wants to open by 9/11/11 Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:45:20 -0500
NEW YORK - The head of the foundation building the Sept. 11 memorial told supporters Tuesday it's "essential" to open the memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, disputing a report that the project couldn't be finished on time.

Lawsuit filed over Atlanta airport barring guns Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:45:25 -0500
ATLANTA - The nation's busiest airport dueled with gun rights advocates Tuesday over whether a new Georgia state law allows visitors to carry firearms at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

June car sales plummet for nearly all automakers Tue, 1 Jul 2008 19:45:06 -0500
DETROIT - Nearly all the major automakers reported steep sales declines for June, but for General Motors at least there was consolation: Toyota, its leading international competition, had it worse.

Wall Street zigzags on first day of 3rd quarter Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:45:07 -0500
NEW YORK - Wall Street began the third quarter with an erratic session and modest gain Tuesday after a mix of news made it clear the country is still deep in economic problems but may have some positive trends _ including some better than expected sales for General Motors Corp.

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