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COBBERS ON THE BRAIN Pill Nation?!
In the article which we read for this week, the authors investigated the roles of glutamate and its receptors play in opioid addiction...
Posted on 10/14/12 at 6:07 PM
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN Red Lake hosts Navajo youths
I spent Friday on the Red Lake Indian Reservation with organizers and kids participating in a youth cultural learning camp. Six Navajo students from Arizona and their advisor, Patrick Blackwater from ...
Posted on 8/7/12 at 7:00 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Big Sam
This evening on WDAZ News @5, musician "Big Sam" Williams of Big Sam's Funky Nation joins us from Bourbon Street in New Orleans....
Posted on 5/23/12 at 6:04 AM
HEALTHBEAT Why I won't be watching 'Weight of the Nation'
Count me out of the audience tonight when "Weight of the Nation," the much-anticipated HBO documentary about obesity in the United States, makes its television debut. If the trailers and pre-show pub...
Posted on 5/14/12 at 11:08 AM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND How much is too much political spending?
I was watching Face the Nation yesterday and amazed at how much money is being spent on this election. Here's part of the show transcript: "BOB SCHIEFFER: Today on FACE THE NATION, its all about the ...
Posted on 10/25/10 at 9:30 AM
Peterson hopeful for passing farm bill this summer 
An influential Minnesota voice on agriculture says he's hopeful that Congress will pass a new farm bill this summer after efforts last year failed.
By Steve Karnowski , May 08, 2013
Wet spring brings troubling start to corn planting
A troubling scenario is playing out across America's breadbasket, where the U.S. Department of Agriculture says just 12 percent of the nation's cornfields have been planted. That's about a quarter of what would was planted by this date over the previous five years, and it marks the slowest start in decades in some states.
By Jim Suhr , May 07, 2013
ND ranked 10th-best retirement destination; Minnesota 43rd
Forget Florida and Arizona, retirees, how about North Dakota? The Peace Garden State left the Sunshine State and the Grand Canyon State far behind in a recent ranking of best states in which to retire.
By Robb Jeffries , May 07, 2013
Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive
Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers.
By Alan Fram , May 07, 2013
Internet sales tax bill faces tough sell in House
Traditional retailers and cash-strapped states face a tough sell in the House as they lobby Congress to limit tax-free shopping on the Internet.
By Stephen Ohlemacher , May 07, 2013
Man accused of people smuggling operation to plead guilty
A man accused of spearheading an operation to smuggle people into the U.S. at the border of North Dakota and Canada says he will plead guilty.
By Associated Press , May 07, 2013
CNN anchor reports being robbed of her iPhone
Atlanta police are investigating after a CNN anchor reported that her iPhone was snatched from her hand as she strolled down a street in the city's midtown section.
By Associated Press , May 06, 2013
Former Iran prisoner Roxana Saberi gives commencement speech at Concordia
On Sunday, Roxana Saberi was finally able to give the commencement speech at Concordia College that she’d been anticipating for four years.
By Anna G. Larson , May 06, 2013
Utah cabin had uninvited guests — 60,000 bees
It was the biggest beehive that that Ogden beekeeper Vic Bachman has ever removed — a dozen feet long, packed inside the eve of a cabin in Ogden Valley.
By Paul Foy , May 05, 2013
Obama dares college graduates to reject cynical voices
A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University and told graduates that only through vigorous participation in their democracy can they right an ill-functioning government and break through relentless cynicism about the nation's future.
By Josh Lederman , May 05, 2013
LaPierre: NRA, members will never surrender guns
The public face of the National Rifle Association implored members Saturday to never give up their weapons in the wake of recent gun control efforts in Congress that he said will "destroy us and every ounce of our freedom."
By Juan A. Lozano , May 04, 2013
Solar plane lands in Arizona, 1st leg of major trip
Flying for several hours after sundown, a solar-powered airplane landed in Phoenix early Saturday morning on the first leg of a cross-country trip.
By Bob Seavey and Haven Daley , May 04, 2013
US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged
The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday.
By Mike Stobbe , May 02, 2013
Midwest, Plains economic survey index dips
A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states dropped last month but continues to suggest improving economic growth for the region.
By Associated Press , May 01, 2013
AAA: N.D. gas prices lowest in years
Grand Forks, like much of the country, is enjoying lower springtime gas prices, AAA North Dakota said Tuesday. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $3.463, 30.2 cents lower than a year ago.
By Herald Staff Report , April 30, 2013
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