News 2008-07-28 Andanh.com

Sitting Bull College looks to the future Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:33:08 -0500
FORT YATES - A highway divides Sitting Bull College from the past and its future.

Graduate shares her success story Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:15:03 -0500
FORT YATES - A man called out bingonumbers and music played from a nearby booth.

A kind word and a hot meal Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — A retired Bismarck resident has been a volunteer helping victims of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, floods.

Visitors can search the skies Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:24 -0500
Visitors to the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park should plan to view the heavens from the Oxbow Overlook on Friday and Saturday.

Homestead Act facts from the State Historical Society Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:06:06 -0500
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862, and it went into effect on Jan. 1, 1863. It was officially repealed in 1976, although a 10-year extension allowed homesteading in Alaska until 1986.

Supporters of N.D. measures facing Aug. 5 deadline Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
Now that North Dakota's State Fair is over, advocates for seven proposed ballot measures are discovering whether they have enough petition signatures to put their ideas in front of the state's voters this fall.

UTVs may be allowed on streets Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
DICKINSON (AP) - Some off-road vehicles may soon be legal on Dickinson streets.

Sunflower disease is addressed Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
GRAFTON (AP) - Officials are optimistic about research projects to address diseases in sunflowers. But they're less bullish about the threat from blackbirds.

Man refurbishes old ag planes Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
ARGYLE, Minn. (AP) - The sight of a banged-up Thrush S2R ag plane sitting unused at an Arkansas airstrip may not stir up any emotion in most people, but to Lindley Johnson's eyes, it is a bird that can take to the skies again, faster and more reliably than ever.

Meth lab busts down Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says the number of methamphetamine lab busts in North Dakota continues to drop.

Wheat quality tour starting in N.D. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
Associated Press With yardsticks in hand, representatives of the wheat industry will be walking through fields and counting kernels in North Dakota this week.

Group to restore former gov.'s grave marker Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
Associated Press HOOPLE - A group is restoring the grave marker of Lynn Frazier, North Dakota's 12th governor and the only one to be recalled.

Reward for info on stolen goods Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:24 -0500
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information about items stolen from the residence of Archbishop John Nienstedt.

New firm started in Sturgis Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:24 -0500
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) - Ground will be broken today at Sturgis for a plant that will manufacture motorcycle parts.

Man charged with shooting spree Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) - A Whitewood man charged with a shooting spree in that town will be arraigned Thursday.

Driver killed in wreck now ID'd Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) - A man killed in the collision of two tractor-trailers in northeastern Montana has been identified as 43-year-old Kenneth Metcalf of Alexander, N.D.

Midwest floods strip tons of valuable topsoil Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. - Jim Lankford's corn crops used to stretch to the White River. Now the river has stretched itself through his crops.

Police: Loaded gun brought to bar Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
FARGO (AP) - Fargo police say they arrested a man who brought a loaded .22-caliber revolver into a bar.

Professionals find jobs in rural hometowns Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
LEBANON, Va. - Software engineer Keith Brown was conducting a meeting by teleconference at home when he had to call an abrupt halt. Dido, one of the family's two dogs, had just brought in a dead opossum.

Area Sports Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:12:17 -0500
MANDAN CHIEFS 9-14, GRAND FORKS 2-4 Mandan Chiefs 9, Grand Forks 2 Mandan 011 010 6 — 9 8 1

ALL-CITY GOLF: Aasen wins Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
Bismarck golfer Keith Aasen was just hoping to make par on hole No. 18 at Hawktree Golf Club.

Morning Leadoff Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
Trivia answer From 1D: On this date in 1984, the Summer Olympics opened in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing. The Soviet Union and 13 Communist allies, including Cuba and East Germany, boycotted the Games.

Dakotas ready to join Division I Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:06:25 -0500
FARGO (AP) - For the athletic programs at the University of North Dakota and the University of South Dakota, there's no place like home while looking for another.

Missouri researcher tracks wandering paddlefish Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:07:12 -0500
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. — Long after Missouri's spring paddlefish-snagging season ended, Josh Lallaman is still chasing the giant creatures.

Tribal fishing video spawns bigotry, attack on news site Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:07:12 -0500
MINNEAPOLIS — Somebody tried to kill the Messenger last week. It didn't work.

Female suicide bombers kill at least 57 in Iraq Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:10 -0500
BAGHDAD - Four suicide bombers believed to be women struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300 in one of this year's deadliest attacks, police said.

Al-Qaida man reported killed in missile strike Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:11 -0500
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Missiles hit a building in a Pakistani village on the border with Afghanistan on Monday, and intelligence officials said they were investigating reports that a senior al-Qaida figure was among six people killed.

Report: Torture widespread in Palestinian jails Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:10 -0500
RAMALLAH, West Bank - One detainee told of being beaten with pipes and having a screwdriver rammed into his back. Another said interrogators tied his hands behind his back then lifted him into the air by his bound wrists.

Paris eyes plan for drivers to share electric cars Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:11 -0500
PARIS - Parisians and tourists so eagerly embraced a citywide bike sharing plan launched a year ago that the mayor is setting his sights on a four-wheeled version: electric cars.

Israeli premier doubts peace can come in 2008 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:11 -0500
JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister backed away Monday from a target date _ announced with great fanfare at a U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference last November _ for reaching a deal with the Palestinians by year's end.

Turkish officials link bombings to rebel Kurds Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:11 -0500
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan served as a pallbearer at a funeral Monday for some of the 17 people killed by bombs in Turkey's biggest city, an attack the government blamed on Kurdish rebels who have targeted civilians in the past.

Belgrade fears violence from pro-Karadzic rally Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:11 -0500
BELGRADE, Serbia - Right-wing Serbs called an anti-government rally for Tuesday night to protest the extradition of Radovan Karadzic, as authorities raced to whisk the former Bosnian Serb leader to a U.N. war crimes tribunal amid fears the demonstration could be violent.

Zimbabwe power-sharing talks break off Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:45:11 -0500
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's opposition and negotiators for President Robert Mugabe have broken off, officials said Monday. One said the talks stalled over Mugabe's insistence that he remain president.

Reports: Qantas plane forced to return to airport Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:45:12 -0500
MELBOURNE, Australia - A Melbourne-bound Qantas jet was forced to return to Adelaide's airport Monday night after a door above the one of the wheels failed to close, Australian media reported Tuesday.

Police link US man's computer to India bomb e-mail Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:12 -0500
AHMADABAD, India - Police raided the home of an American citizen in Mumbai, India's financial capital, and seized a computer from which an e-mail claiming responsibility for bombings that killed 45 people in western India was believed to have been sent, officials said Monday.

Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:22 -0500
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian Universalist church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its support of liberal social policies, police said Monday.

5th Circuit upholds prison terms for border agents Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:23 -0500
NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court has refused to throw out lengthy prison sentences for two U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant and lying about it.

Falling rock kills climber on Oregon's Mount Hood Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:23 -0500
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - A 55-year-old physician who had scaled Mount Hood died after being hit by falling rock on his way down, authorities said.

1 dead as ex-Hurricane Dolly floods parts of NM Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:45:13 -0500
RUIDOSO, N.M. - Flooding caused by torrential rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Dolly kept hundreds of evacuees away from their homes and campgrounds Monday, authorities said.

Fire destroys 12 homes near Yosemite National Park Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:23 -0500
MARIPOSA, Calif. - Little relief from hot weather is expected this week as crews fight to contain a wildfire near Yosemite National Park that has destroyed 12 homes and forced the evacuation of about 200 others.

Judge allows Idaho child-killer to represent self Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:18 -0500
BOISE, Idaho - A man who kidnapped two Idaho children and murdered one of them in 2005 is allowed to represent himself at his death penalty hearing, a federal judge decided Monday.

GPS devices monitor domestic abusers, stalkers Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:45:18 -0500
LANSING, Mich. - Mary Babb was in her SUV last year when her estranged husband slammed into her with his pickup truck. The crash overturned Babb's vehicle and left her suspended upside-down by her seat belt.

FBI searches county offices in Cleveland Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:45:13 -0500
CLEVELAND - FBI and IRS agents served at least 10 search warrants Monday at Cuyahoga County offices and homes as part of a public corruption investigation, authorities said.

Columnist Robert Novak diagnosed with brain tumor Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:45:19 -0500
BOSTON - Syndicated columnist and former "Crossfire" host Robert Novak has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is suspending his journalistic work.

Farm animal rights law would require room to roam Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:24 -0500
VACAVILLE, Calif. - Kim Sturla began bringing goats, pigs, chickens and cows once slated for slaughter to her sanctuary 20 years ago, before supermarkets offered eggs from cage-free hens and beef was advertised on menus as being hormone free.

Stocks fall as financials again pull back Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:06 -0500
NEW YORK - Wall Street retreated Monday, taking the Dow Jones industrials down more than 170 points as investors' anxiety about the financial sector had them selling stocks across the market. Bond prices rose, the beneficiaries of investors' latest search for a safe haven.

Bush administration projects record 2009 deficit Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:06 -0500
WASHINGTON - The next president will inherit a record budget deficit of $482 billion, according to a new Bush administration estimate released Monday.

Administration OKs new way to help mortgage market Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:45:07 -0500
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration and federal banking regulators joined with the nation's four largest banks Monday to endorse a new way to pump money into the battered U.S. mortgage market.

Toyota lowers 2008 global sales target Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:45:06 -0500
TOKYO - Toyota lowered its global vehicle sales plan for this year to 9.5 million vehicles _ down from 9.85 million _ as the sluggish North American market slows the Japanese automaker's momentum.

GM cuts SUV, truck production, citing lower demand Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:45:05 -0500
NEW YORK - General Motors Corp. said Monday it will cut production by another 117,000 vehicles, citing continued weak in consumer demand for pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles.

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