Oprah ending her show after 25 years
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Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience today that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision. Winfrey told the audience that she loved “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” that it had been her life and that she knew when it was time to say goodbye. “Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit,” she said.
'A month of downhill,' a day of hope: GF's Project Homeless Connect
Tia Trainer, 3, clutched her stuffed puppy close Thursday and gazed wide-eyed at all the people milling about the Grand Cities Mall. Her mother, Kristi, stood with Tia and 1-year-old Robert, tucked in a stroller with coats and bags and diapers, as dad Kevin Trainer got a haircut courtesy of Project Homeless Connect, a one-day coordinated effort by 30 agencies to reach out to a growing homeless and near-homeless population.
Chancellor: No progress on Standing Rock nickname referendum
The way North Dakota University System Chancellor Bill Goetz put it, it’s increasingly clear that UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname is in political limbo at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
FAA examines plane crash site
Two investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration completed their examination of the crashed Piper Cherokee in the White Earth State Forest in Clearwater County southwest of Bagley, Minn., within a few hours Thursday, Sheriff Mike Erickson said.
Leo Kottke plays the Empire Saturday
Leo Kottke has become known for his virtuosity on six- and 12-string guitars, as well as his widely varying studio albums that have become classics among acoustic guitar recordings.
UND police probe threats on nickname
The UND Police Department is investigating what may be a threat of physical harm against leaders of the University Senate over its support of a resolution calling for retirement of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
Attorney general: N.D. to seek dismissal of lawsuit over Sioux nickname
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said he will ask the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the State Board of Higher Education over UND's Fighting Sioux nickname. Nickname supporters from the Spirit Lake reservation had filed suit to prevent the state board from shortening the deadline for the nickname from Nov. 30, 2010, to Oct. 31, 2009.
Driver in fatal bus crash had aneurysm
A tour bus driver suffered a ruptured aneurysm just before the bus veered off a southern Minnesota interstate and crashed, killing two people and injuring 20, the owner of the bus company said Thursday. State officials said they couldn’t confirm the aneurysm and it was too early to know the cause of the crash.
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A deer hunter in McKenzie County has taken the sixth mountain lion in the state’s quota zone west of the Missouri River, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported today. The hunter shot the 3-year-old, 92-pound female mountain lion Thursday northwest of Grassy Butte, N.D.
Roughriders roll to semifinals
While Grand Forks Red River has been an offensive force at the net this season, defense has been another matter.
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Maintaining success in college hockey isn’t easy these days, even for the sport’s giants.
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The day after his wife’s funeral, Philip Gattuso’s mother-in-law gave him a one-page typed letter apparently signed by his wife. Dated 17 days before his wife, Valerie Gattuso, died March 30, the letter said Valerie wanted her sister, Regan Williams, to parent their toddler-aged daughter because she didn’t like how the Fargo dentist raised his sons from a prior marriage.
Study abroad? Many U.S. college students drop or rethink their plans
Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students’ interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.
‘Crime Wave’ authors bring mystery writing to East Grand Forks library
Mystery writing may begin with a puzzle, but the genre is ripe for exploring the darkness of human nature and the issues of the day, if an author is willing to investigate his characters’ motives, three Minnesota mystery writers said Thursday night at East Grand Forks Campbell Library.
RELATED CONTENTCost overruns on North Dakota State University president's house OK'd
The North Dakota Board of Higher Education has approved NDSU's use of $196,000 in school funds to cover cost overruns with the president's house.
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An 18-member committee has been named by the North Dakota Board of Higher Education to choose a successor to Joseph Chapman as North Dakots State University president.
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White Drug Pharmacy is leaving its location at the Altru Clinic and Family Medicine Center at 1380 Columbia Road. The Altru location will close Dec. 28. White Drug also has a location at 2475 32nd Ave. S. in Grand Forks.
OUR OPINION: Grand Forks' fine schools -- The next step
What do all of those suggestions have in common? They are process changes. They are changes in the way the district is organized and administered. But there’s more to running a school district — and better ways to measure success. One of those ways is to measure results.
More sulfates from Devils Lake water could force new Fargo treatment plant
Increasing the discharge of water from Devils Lake into the Sheyenne River could raise sulfate levels high enough that Fargo might eventually need to install $45 million in water treatment equipment, city officials said this week. Sulfates are a natural laxative and can cause diarrhea in people not used to high levels in their water, officials said.
Drowned Dickinson State University students hadn't been drinking
Toxicology tests conclude three Dickinson State University softball players who drowned Nov. 3 had no alcohol or drugs in their systems.
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The uncertainty over weekly allotments of a limited supply of H1N1 vaccine has complicated efforts to organize immunization clinics and distribute it to hundreds of providers in North Dakota and South Dakota.
New group aims to help GF-area vets
The Grand Forks Area Veterans Network met Tuesday for the first time, said Shelle Michaels, Soldiers’ Angels national communication officer and one of the local organizers.
N.D. food pantries halfway to 700 deer
A North Dakota program that distributes venison to the needy is halfway to its goal of collecting 700 deer carcasses despite a hunting season that barely got off with a bang.
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State of the University set for Dec. 1
UND President Robert Kelley will give the annual State of the University address at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 1, as part of the University Council meeting in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl.
DOUG LEIER: Managing N.D. deer numbers not as easy as it sounds
More than 30 years ago, when the North Dakota Game and Fish Department began managing deer in smaller units and issuing specific numbers of buck or doe licenses — for example, 38,000 total licenses in 1980 — some “want-to-be” deer hunters actually had to stay home.
RELATED CONTENTEmpty nest drove RLF couple nutty
They were OK before the last of their three daughters left home. Then, Craig and Sandra Holmstrom of Red Lake Falls, Minn., went nuts. Ten years ago on Halloween, they flew to Florida and picked up their first machine to roast Bavarian almonds. Now, they have four of the roasting stations and sell their almonds at UND Sioux hockey and basketball games and at football games and other events at the Alerus Center.
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