News 2008-08-10 Andanh.com

As use of the Missouri River increases, conflicts grow Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
The cool waters of the Missouri River pull in boaters, swimmers, rafters, fishermen and others annually as the mercury rises in Bismarck and Mandan. But as the temperatures heat up, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department hopes the tempers of river enthusiasts won't do the same.

Those on river must learn to share Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
When it comes to recreational use of the Missouri River, boaters have two choices: share it or stay home.

Angels among us: Bismarck family honored for the adoption efforts Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
Julie Hoffman has served as the administrator of Adoption Services for 10 years, and has in that time worked for recognition for families of adoption. Now, Julie and her husband, Jeff Hoffman, are being recognized for their role in adoptions.

Smoke alarm is the source of house fire Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
The purpose of a smoke detector in a house is to notify the residents of the first sign of smoke. But when the alarm itself is on fire, it's difficult for it to perform its function.

The Weeklies: McLean battles own bat sequel Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
Compiled by LAUREN DONOVANBismarck Tribune Winged creatures thought long gone from the McLean County Courthouse have returned.

Man rolls car, takes out light pole Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:31:05 -0500
A Bismarck man was cited for a DUI after he crashed his vehicle into a street light pole, knocked it over and rolled his car.

Scrap yard business booming Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
GRAND FORKS (AP) - There is nothing useless, junky, abandoned or trifling about the scrap metal business these days, despite how the dictionary defines scrap.

Grand Forks Herald to offer buyouts Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
GRAND FORKS (AP) - The Grand Forks Herald will offer voluntary buyouts to about 60 employees, Herald Publisher and Editor Mike Jacobs says.

Guard to open new shop in Minot Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
MINOT (AP) - The North Dakota National Guard is preparing to open its new field maintenance shop in Minot.

Airman returning from Kyrgyzstan Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
FARGO (AP) - A member of the North Dakota Air National Guard's 119th Wing has wrapped up three months of duty in Kyrgyzstan.

Woman finds old McCain POW bracelet Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
GRAND FORKS (AP) - Jane Olson hasn't decided yet whether to vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. But she's been thinking about him lately, after coming across an old John McCain prisoner-of-war bracelet in an old box.

Giving 'Chase' to birds Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
BURBANK, Wash. - It's an apt name for a predator brought in to scare away pests: Chase.

Minot air base to be retested Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
MINOT (AP) - A weeklong nuclear weapons handling inspection is to begin at Minot Air Force Base.

Russia-Georgia unrest worries Fargo parents Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
FARGO (AP) - Some Fargo-Moorhead parents of Peace Corps volunteers have been shaken by news of the fighting overseas between Russia and Georgia but say their children are fine.

GOVERNORS: Deyle's big double play Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
MINOT - The situation wasn't ideal for Bismarck pitcher Brady Wolf to enter in a losers' bracket game of the Class A state Legion baseball tournament.

CHIEFS: Vistas' offense rolling Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
MINOT - Mandan Legion baseball coach Len Stanley put the ball in Reid Jungling's hands, the ace of the Chiefs' pitching staff, Saturday.

Area Sports Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
LEGION BASEBALL CLASS A STATE TOURNAMENT Wednesday through Sunday At Corbett Field, Minot Wednesday's games #1 Bismarck 9, #8 Grand Forks 3 #4 Minot 6, #5 Williston 5 #2 Dickinson 12, #7 DevilsLake 5 #6 Mandan 15, #3 Fargo 3, 7 innings Thursday's games Loser-out Grand Forks 9, Williston 6 Fargo 7, Devils Lake 4 Winners' bracket Minot 10, Bismarck 9 Dickinson 7, Mandan 5 Friday's games Loser-out Bismarck 6, Fargo 3 Mandan 14, Grand Forks 10 Winners' bracket Dickinson 10, Minot 5 Saturday's games Minot 15, Mandan 4, 7 innings Bismarck 12, Dickinson 5 Sunday's games Championship Game 14: Minot vs. Bismarck, 1 p.m. Game 15: Winner Game 14 vs. Dickinson, 4:15 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENTS FALLSPORTS BOYS SOCCER Century:Parent meeting:July 24, 6:30 p.m. at Century auditorium. Tryouts: Aug. 11, 6 p.m. Alumni game:First practice: Aug. 11, CHS Soccer Field, 6 p.m. Aug. 21, 8 p.m. at Community Bowl. Coach: Joel Jahnke 400-2040.

Morning Leadoff Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:22:32 -0500
Trivia answer From 1D: On this date, Jack Nicklaus won two PGA Championships. In 1975, Nicklaus won the PGA Championship for the fourth time with a two-stroke victory over Bruce Crampton and Tom Weiskopf. In 1980, Nicklaus won his fifth PGA Championship with a record score of 274, seven strokes ahead of Andy Bean.

UFC: Lesnar wins unanimous decision Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:31:05 -0500
MINNEAPOLIS - Brock Lesnar tamed the "Texas Crazy Horse" on Saturday, scoring an easy unanimous decision victory over veteran Heath Herring in an Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight bout.

NDSU FOOTBALL: Looking for a punter Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:06:44 -0500
FARGO (AP) - With Mike Dragosavich and his booming punts gone, the North Dakota State football team is looking for another big leg.

Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:11 -0500
TBILISI, Georgia - Russia battled Georgian forces on land and sea, reports said late Sunday, despite a Georgian cease-fire offer and its claim to be withdrawing from South Ossetia, the separatist Georgian province battered by days of intense fighting.

Unofficial results: Morales keeps job in Bolivia Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:12 -0500
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Partial unofficial results show Bolivia's voters have decided leftist President Evo Morales can keep his job.

South Ossetians describe fleeing from the fighting Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:45:10 -0500
VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia _ Refugees from South Ossetia on Sunday described being shelled and shot at and forced to run for their lives _ leaving homes, family members and most of what they had behind.

AP IMPACT: Kids working in African gold mines Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:45:14 -0500
TENKOTO, Senegal - A reef of gold buried beneath this vast, parched grassland arcs across some of the world's poorest countries. Where the ore is rich, industrial mines carve it out. Where it's not, the poor sift the earth.

Iraq demands 'clear timeline' for US withdrawal Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:45:07 -0500
BAGHDAD - Iraq's foreign minister insisted Sunday that any security deal with the United States must contain a "very clear timeline" for the departure of U.S. troops. A suicide bomber struck north of Baghdad, killing at least five people including an American soldier.

Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:45:16 -0500
TAN LOC ISLAND, Vietnam - Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them.

New violence in China's restive west kills 11 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:45:10 -0500
KUQA, China - Assailants using homemade bombs attacked a shopping center and hotel and battled with police Sunday in a western Chinese city far from the Beijing Olympics where local Muslims have waged a sputtering rebellion against Chinese rule. Ten attackers and one security guard died, police said.

Afghan president urges military action in Pakistan Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:45:10 -0500
KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that airstrikes carried out in Afghan villages by U.S. and NATO troops are only killing civilians and that the international community should instead go after terror centers in Pakistan.

Propane explosions in Toronto force evacuation Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:12 -0500
TORONTO - Explosions at a propane facility forced thousands of people to evacuate early Sunday, and witnesses described the sky lighting up in the glow of an enormous fireball before turning black with billowing smoke. One firefighter died, authorities said.

Cease-work order for companies linked to bus crash Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:23 -0500
SHERMAN, Texas - Companies linked to a bus that crashed in Texas and killed 17 people pose an "imminent hazard" and must cease commercial operations, federal officials said Sunday, shortly after authorities took another bus out of service in Missouri because it failed an inspection.

Singer, songwriter Isaac Hayes dies at age 65 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:23 -0500
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. He was 65.

Bring on the French! Phelps set for next showdown Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:24 -0500
BEIJING - Michael Phelps left Ryan Lochte in his wake.

Officials work to ID remains from helicopter crash Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:26 -0500
REDDING, Calif. - Authorities worked Sunday to identify badly burned remains collected from the site of a helicopter crash in the Northern California wilderness as crews continued the painstaking effort to recover bodies from the wreckage.

Calif. lawmakers weigh chemical ban in baby items Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:26 -0500
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Responding to growing consumer anxiety, California lawmakers are considering enacting what could be the first statewide restrictions on a chemical found in plastic baby bottles and infant formula cans.

Texas 7 member volunteers for execution this week Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:45:11 -0500
LIVINGSTON, Texas - Michael Rodriguez remembers the exhilaration of newfound freedom when he hid in the back of a stolen truck as he and six of his buddy convicts staged one of Texas' most notorious prison breaks.

Colleges peddle bikes to car-loving students Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:45:11 -0500
ATLANTA - Emory University is hoping to make bikes the must-have back-to-school accessory this fall.

Race sometimes a problem in eyewitness IDs Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:45:19 -0500
NEW YORK - In the midst of being raped, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino told herself to pay attention to details that would allow her to identify her attacker.

Small town to honor Solzhenitsyn's life in Vermont Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:45:19 -0500
CAVENDISH, Vt. - The southern Vermont town of Cavendish is planning a memorial service for famed Russian writer and one-time resident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

FDNY stint 'proving ground' for West Point cadets Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:45:12 -0500
NEW YORK - Before they hit the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, West Point cadets have gotten a taste of chaos, New York City style.

Paulson: Give stimulus plan time to work Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:45:10 -0500
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to a second round of economic aid. That's an idea congressional Democrats are pushing.

Researchers work to turn car's exhaust into power Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:45:06 -0500
WARREN, Mich. - The stinky, steaming air that escapes from a car's tailpipe could help us use less gas.

Verizon, 2 unions agree on new 3-year contact Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:09 -0500
NEW YORK - Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing 65,000 workers who had threatened to strike within hours agreed Sunday on a new three-year contract that provides 10.5 percent wage increases and changes in retirement benefits.

Investors eye oil, dollar, retail sales this week Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:45:04 -0500
NEW YORK - The dollar's rebound and oil's tumble breathed some serious optimism into Wall Street last week. But no one knows for sure yet whether the two trends are truly antidotes for what's been ailing the stock market.

Airports brace for fewer flights, passengers Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:45:04 -0500
FORT WORTH, Texas - From his office overlooking the runways of one of the nation's busiest airports, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Chief Executive Jeffrey Fegan sees the slowdown coming this fall.

Lousy economy threatens states' sales tax holidays Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:45:07 -0500
ATLANTA - Thousands of shoppers have been flocking to malls in more than a dozen states for back-to-school sales tax holidays, buying millions of dollars worth of clothes and school supplies _ and depriving states of much-needed revenue.

Iraq to revive oil deal with China Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:45:10 -0500
BAGHDAD - Iraq and China are set to revive a $1.2 billion oil deal that was canceled after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, the Iraq's oil ministry said Sunday.

Rockmount shirts set the fashion in the West Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:45:07 -0500
DENVER - Its Western shirts have been worn by everyone from Elvis Presley in "Love Me Tender" to Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain."

Communication outage affects FAA's Memphis region Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:45:09 -0500
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Communications between an air traffic control center in Memphis and an unknown number of airplanes flying through its territory were disrupted on Saturday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Stocks jump as oil prices fall sharply Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:45:09 -0500
NEW YORK - Wall Street rebounded smartly Friday, shooting higher as a surge in the dollar and another plunge in oil prices eased some of investors' worries about losses at mortgage finance company Fannie Mae. The Dow Jones industrials soared more than 300 points, more than wiping out a big loss from the previous session, and all the major indexes had their best weekly gains since April.

Hayes, 'Shaft' singer and disco presage, dies Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:45:09 -0500
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose "Theme From Shaft" won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after he collapsed near a treadmill, authorities said. He was 65.

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