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Published July 13, 2011, 07:02 PM

North Dakota statehood called into question

Grand Forks resident: Constitutional flaw means it’s still a territory more than 120 years after becoming a state North Dakota earned its star on the American flag on Nov. 2, 1889, becoming the 39th or 40th state as it was admitted to the union along with South Dakota — or maybe not. At least, according to Grand Forks' John Rolczynski, whose 16-year effort to bring attention to the matter recently became an Internet splash.

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