News 2008-08-02 Andanh.com

Wild storm leaves damage Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
A series of storms packing 75 mph winds and tennis-ball-sized hail shattered windows, damaged houses and snapped trees like toothpicks across North Dakota on Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning.

Storm knocks out power Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
At the height of the storm Wednesday night into Thursday, which ripped trees from the ground and pummeled areas with tennis-ball-sized hail, roughly 7,000 Montana-Dakota Utilities customers in Bismarck-Mandan were without power between 12:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.

A last stroll across the old bridge Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
While elected officials, engineers, workers and other involved parties in the erection of the new Liberty Memorial bridge gathered on it Thursday to mark its limited, unofficial opening and the closing of the original bridge, average citizens drove or walked across it one last time.

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 It was officially repealed in 1976, although a 10-year extension allowed homesteading in Alaska until 1986.

Exhibit gives clues to Fort life Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
A lifetime of collecting shows life at Fort Abraham Lincoln.

State moving into mosquito season Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
The biting days of summer are coming. The heat of August can cause a boom in the mosquito population.

Man could face drug charges Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
A Bismarck man could face drug charges after police found drugs and paraphernalia in his seized vehicle.

Man sentenced for abuse of 15-year-old Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
A Burleigh County man will spend 10 days in jail for hitting his 15-year-old son's head on the ground and giving the boy prescription drugs for which he had not been prescribed.

Air Force missile carrier tips over Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
A vehicle carrying a rocket booster for an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile tipped over while being transported from the Minot Air Force Base to a launch facility in northwestern North Dakota, the military said.

Senators take aim at agency Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
WASHINGTON - The head of the Indian Health Service defended his agency on Thursday against accusations that it lost millions of dollars' worth of equipment and tried to cover it up.

N.D. school candidate: Improve student evaluation Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
North Dakota's Department of Public Instruction should improve its tracking of students' academic progress by gathering data from frequent tests given by most local schools, a candidate for state school superintendent says.

Lawsuit fights visitor center expansion Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
BILLINGS, Mont. - Historians and former National Park Service employees filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to halt a proposed expansion of the visitor center at Montana's Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.

8 killed when small jet crashes in Minnesota Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
OWATONNA, Minn. - A small jet crashed Thursday while preparing to land at a regional airport in Minnesota, killing eight people, including several casino and construction executives.

Company halts opera house plans Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:19 -0500
WAHPETON (AP) - A company has halted its plans to open a call center on the second floor of the former opera house in Wahpeton, citing delays in getting the building ready.

University shares big contract Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:20 -0500
Gov. John Hoeven says the University of North Dakota is part of an Air Force contract totaling near $50 million that involves unmanned aerial vehicles.

Guide loses his hunting rights Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:06:20 -0500
BOWBELLS (AP) - A judge has taken away a man's hunting, trapping and fishing privileges for 16 years in what wildlife officials are calling the longest suspension in a state hunting case.

Lesnar still learning Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:56:54 -0500
When Brock Lesnar made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut in February against Frank Mir, the former Bismarck State College wrestling champion was making it look easy -- too easy.

Homer happy Bismarck Govs Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:56:54 -0500
WILLISTON -- The Bismarck Governors cracked three homers as they opened the Class A Legion baseball seeding tournament with a 12-3 win over Minot on Thursday.

Mandan's Reid Jungling throws a gem Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:56:54 -0500
JAMESTOWN -- Reid Jungling tossed a two-hit shutout as the Mandan Chiefs clinched a state tournament berth with a 10-0 win over Wahpeton at the Class A legion state qualifying tournament.

Bismarck Bobcats get ready Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:56:54 -0500
Bigger. Stronger. Tougher. That's what the 2008-09 edition of the Bismarck Bobcats will be if coach Byron Pool gets his wish.

Defense does in Cyclones: Beulah unable to dig out of a big hole Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:56:54 -0500
LaMOURE -- A series of defensive miscues put the Beulah Cyclones in a hole they couldn't dig out of at the state Class B Legion baseball tournament on Thursday.

Area Sports Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:23:14 -0500
LEGION BASEBALL CLASS A SEEDING TOURNAMENT At Williston Thursday, July 31 #1 Dickinson 23, #5 Fargo 4 #2 Bismarck 12, #3 Minot 3 #4 Williston 10, Fargo 3 Friday, Aug. 1 Minot vs. Wiliston , 1 p.m. Fargo vs. Bismarck, 4 p.m. Williston vs. Dickinson, 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2 Dickinson vs. Minot, 10 a.m. Williston vs. Bismarck, 1 p.m. Fargo vs. Minot, 4 p.m. Dickinson vs. Bismarck, 7 p.m. CLASS A PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT At Jamestown Thursday, July 31 #10 West Fargo 9, #9 Jamestown 6 #11 Wahpeton 5, #8 Devils Lake 2 #6 Grand Forks 3, West Fargo 2 #7 Mandan 10, Wahpeton 0, 7 innings Friday, Aug. 1 Loser-out Game 5: Jamestown vs. Wahpeton, 10 a.m. Game 6: Devils Lake vs. West Fargo, 1 p.m. Winners’ bracket Game 7: Grand Forks vs. Mandan, 4 p.m. State qualifier Game 8: Winners Games 5 and 6, 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2 Game 9: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 7, 1 p.m. Championship Game 10: Winners Games 7 and 9, 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3 Game 11: Second championship game, 1 p.m. (if necessary)

Morning Leadoff Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:23:14 -0500
Trivia answer From 1D: The Cleveland Indians became the first American League club to hit four straight home runs and in an unlikely fashion. No. 8 hitter Woody Held hit a two-out homer off Paul Foytack, pitcher Pedro Ramos following with his second homer of the game, Tito Francona and Larry Brown’s first major league homer finish the string. Foytack was the only major league pitcher to give up four straight home runs.

Japan premier promises change in Cabinet shake-up Fri, 1 Aug 2008 22:45:05 -0500
TOKYO - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's new cabinet took office Saturday following a shakeup aimed at turning the tide of his unpopularity and regaining the support of voters worried about rising prices and fed up with scandals.

Hamas says it is closing in on bombing suspects Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:45:06 -0500
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas security forces on Saturday raided what they said was a hideout of suspects in a deadly bombing a week ago, and gunfire and explosions were heard in the area.

5 NATO troops killed; groups warn about Afghan aid Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:45:07 -0500
KABUL, Afghanistan - Roadside bombs killed five NATO soldiers and a civilian in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, while a coalition of aid groups warned that violence is spreading to once-stable regions and forcing them to scale back humanitarian work.

Filthy Iraqi drinking water raises cholera fears Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:45:07 -0500
BAGHDAD - Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest.

Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:45:07 -0500
TORONTO - A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker.

Lawyer: Brazilian confessed to killing teen Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:45:07 -0500
GOIANIA, Brazil - The Brazilian man accused of killing and dismembering a British teenager and stuffing her torso in a suitcase confessed to the murder on Friday in a deposition to police, his lawyer said.

Beijing readies for influx of foreign visitors Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:45:08 -0500
BEIJING - In a matter of days, hundreds of thousands of visitors from more than 100 countries will flood into China's capital, where non-Chinese faces are still a rarity in some neighborhoods.

17 die as explosion destroys girls dorm in Turkey Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:45:20 -0500
ISTANBUL, Turkey - An explosion destroyed a three-story girls dormitory in central Turkey on Friday, killing at least 17 students, injuring 27 and setting off a frantic search for others trapped in the rubble.

Chinese cheered by eclipse a week before Olympics Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:45:15 -0500
XI'AN, China - Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate. After an Olympic year of freakish natural disasters, crowds of Chinese watched a total solar eclipse along the country's ancient Silk Road on Friday, one week before the start of the Summer Games in Beijing.

Pakistan vows to 'weed out' pro-Taliban agents Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:45:12 -0500
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani spokeswoman conceded Friday that the government needs to root out Taliban sympathizers from its main intelligence agency, but officials rejected allegations that the spies helped plan a bloody bombing at the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan.

Suspect in 5 anthrax-letter deaths kills himself Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:45:11 -0500
WASHINGTON - Anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and severely rattled the post-9/11 nation may have been part of an Army scientist's warped plan to test his cure for the deadly toxin, officials said Friday. The brilliant but troubled scientist committed suicide this week, knowing prosecutors were closing in.

McCain chides Obama over school vouchers Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:45:11 -0500
ORLANDO, Fla. - John McCain, the father of private school students, criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama on Friday for choosing private over public school for his kids.

Minnesotans observe anniversary of bridge collapse Fri, 1 Aug 2008 22:45:12 -0500
MINNEAPOLIS - It was another perfect summer day _ so similar to and yet so different from that day a year ago when the Minneapolis freeway bridge fell.

Starved, disabled girl was failed at every turn Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:45:12 -0500
PHILADELPHIA - For days before Danieal Kelly died in a fetid, airless room _ made stifling hot by a midsummer heat wave _ the bedridden teenager begged for something to drink until she could muster only one word: water.

2 die in Pa. warehouse shooting; fired worker held Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:45:11 -0500
BRISTOL, Pa. - A worker recently fired for absenteeism showed up outside a book warehouse in suburban Philadelphia on Friday, fatally shooting a veteran employee and a temp before being arrested, authorities and the company said.

Wis. manhunt nabs suspect in deadly river ambush Fri, 1 Aug 2008 23:45:11 -0500
NIAGARA, Wis. - A gunman suspected of opening fire on a group of young swimmers gathered along a riverbank was arrested Friday after he emerged from woods near the scene where three teenagers were slain and a fourth person was wounded.

Graffiti vandals turn violent in LA Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:45:22 -0500
LOS ANGELES - One man got stabbed. Another got shot in the chest. A 6-year-old boy was temporarily blinded when he was spray-painted in the face.

Scars linger in Love Canal - and former residents Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:45:13 -0500
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Several former residents reminisced about their naive youth as they revisited the deserted streets of the Love Canal neighborhood Friday, 30 years after a poison sludge devastated families with miscarriages and cancers and gave rise to the federal Superfund program.

Settlement will reduce carcinogens in potato chips Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:45:13 -0500
LOS ANGELES - Four food manufacturers have agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries in a settlement with the state of California.

Girlfriend held in flight of Mass. murder suspect Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:45:31 -0500
BOSTON - A mother who was initially labeled a kidnapping victim was arrested Friday in New York on a warrant charging her with helping her boyfriend flee after a fatal stabbing.

Stocks pull back after another decline in jobs Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:45:12 -0500
NEW YORK - Wall Street retreated again Friday after readings on jobs and manufacturing _ the first reports for the third quarter _ indicated that businesses and workers still face a tough economy. The major indexes ended a turbulent week narrowly mixed.

GM posts $15.5B 2Q loss, 3rd-worst in its history Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:45:12 -0500
DETROIT - With another huge quarterly loss now in its rearview mirror, General Motors Corp. faces the ominous task of raising revenue by selling cars rather than trucks.

Jobless rate climbs as 51,000 jobs vanish Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:45:13 -0500
WASHINGTON - Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off.

Big Oil's biggest quarter ever: $51.5B in all Fri, 1 Aug 2008 16:45:14 -0500
HOUSTON - Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit for the first time.

US auto sales slump to 16-year low in July Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:45:09 -0500
DETROIT - U.S. auto sales slumped to a 16-year low in July as automakers failed to keep up with consumers' growing demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. While production changes may help that problem, trouble in the credit and auto leasing markets will continue to take a toll on sales.

Citigroup faces charges by Cuomo, SEC probe Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:45:16 -0500
NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he is prepared to charge Citigroup Inc. with fraudulent sales of auction-rate securities and with the destruction of key documents.

Oil prices up slightly on Iran nuclear worries Fri, 1 Aug 2008 13:45:10 -0500
NEW YORK - Oil prices rebounded Friday, briefly jumping more than $3 a barrel after Israel's deputy prime minister reportedly warned that Iran was nearing a "breakthrough" in its nuclear program.

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