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THE NEW FORTY Futures lost and futures won...
Those who are currently serving or have served in the military, those who have a loved one who is serving or has served in the military, and those who have lost a loved one that served in the military...
Posted on 5/27/13 at 10:30 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Lockout extension out
By Don Davis Minnesota senators removed extended unemployment benefits for workers locked out by employers in labor disputes during a Friday bill debate The provision was a Democratic response to a 20...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 6:21 PM
SOCIAL SECURITY: INFORMATION & UPDATES Newest Annual Statistical Supplement now online
The Annual Statistical Supplement, 2012 just became available online at http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2012/index.html. There is a massive amount of interesting information here,...
Posted on 2/7/13 at 12:36 PM
STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! What is the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day?
Many people confuse these two holidays. Here is some information explaining the differences from the FREE 2012 Veterans Day Teacher Resource Guide from the Department of Veterans Affairs. To download ...
Posted on 11/9/12 at 3:56 PM
NDAD INSIGHTS Benefit planned for wife, baby son of Grand Forks County sheriff's deputy injured in 2006
A November benefit is planned to help the wife and son of a Grand Forks County sheriffs deputy who himself has overcome adversity. Chris Huttons right leg was amputated below the knee after Hutton,...
Posted on 9/11/12 at 4:00 PM
Daughter surprises father with medal ceremony 
Two years ago, while he was vacationing at Christmas time, someone broke into Arlin Melgaard’s home. The bandit made off with nearly everything. He and his wife, Wanda, have replaced most items but one piece of his past couldn’t be replaced easily — the shadow box commemorating Melgaard’s Army and reservist career.
By Steve Wagner , December 23, 2012
Guard brings holiday cheer to ND Veterans Home
Volunteers with the North Dakota National Guard are making their annual trip to the North Dakota Veterans Home in Lisbon to show their appreciation for the men and women who served before them.
By Associated Press , December 19, 2012
Fort Snelling cemetery hosts wreath ceremony Saturday
Fort Snelling National Cemetery hosts a holiday wreath-laying ceremony to honor and remember the nation's veterans on Saturday.
By Associated Press , December 14, 2012
War-time instinct takes over in Veteran parade crash
With the thunderous crack of a freight train slamming into a parade float carrying his fellow war veterans, Sudip Bose went to work. A front-line physician in Iraq, Bose and other veterans instantly tended to the injured. They applied tourniquets and put pressure on wounds as their training and battlefield experience took over in the chaotic moments after the wreck at a railroad crossing in this West Texas city.
By Juan Carlos Illorca , November 17, 2012
Texas parade honoring war heroes ends in tragedy
Cheered on by a flag-waving crowd, a parade float filled with wounded veterans and their spouses was inching across a railroad track when the crossing gates began to lower and a freight train that seemed to come out of nowhere was suddenly bearing down on them, its horn blaring.
By Juan Carlos Llorca , November 16, 2012
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Jack Shakely, Los Angeles, column: 'Broken' GI Bill needs fixing
For-profit universities have every right to sell their educational wares, regardless of their relative merit and expense, in the marketplace. But the unintended consequences of these provisions of the Post-9/11 GI Bill breed academic failure, waste taxpayer dollars and do not accomplish the things our grateful nation intended.
By Jack Shakely , November 15, 2012
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Major hurdles remain to end veteran homelessness
Arthur Lute's arduous journey from his days as a U.S. Marine to his nights sleeping on the streets illustrates the challenge for the Obama administration to fulfill its promise to end homelessness among veterans by 2015.
By Julie Watson and Pauline Jelinek , November 12, 2012
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Farmer uses 10 foot tall rock to pay tribute to veterans
Grafton's Leonoard Kubousek is a farmer and a veteran. After farming around a large rock for years he decides to make it into a tribute to veterans.
By Kevin Bonham , November 12, 2012
Emotions run high at Grand Forks Veterans ceremony
There was a Veterans Day program held Sunday morning at the Grand Forks County Office Building in downtown Grand Forks. Speeches and a firing squad's salute left nary a dry eye.
By Robb Jeffries , November 12, 2012
OUR OPINION: Protect benefits for veterans
As others have noted, the New GI Bill represents a tremendous effort to turn America's returning veterans into a new "Greatest Generation." The program could do just that: Like the post-World War II GI Bill, the new bill gives eligible veterans the money they need to go to college and, very possibly, to graduate with little or no debt.
By Tom Dennis , November 12, 2012
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Grand Forks Veterans plan new memorial park
Veterans Day ceremonies in Grand Forks are held near a modest stone monument on the county courthouse grounds. If a group of veterans have their way, future ceremonies and other veterans’ gatherings will be held in a more elaborate setting.
By Ryan Bakken , November 11, 2012
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Grand Forks woman writes novel about teen soldier with PTSD
With humor and honesty, Grand Forks neuropsychologist S. T. Underdahl explores the timely topic of post-traumatic stress disorder in her new young adult novel, “No Man’s Land,” now available in stores and online.
By Accent staff report , November 11, 2012
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MARILYN HAGERTY: Remembering our veterans
Marilyn thinks of all the veterans who have served our country and the importance of veterans day.
By Marilyn Hagerty , November 11, 2012
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West Fargo son: Vietnam hero coming home
Michael Keller knows the story well, having collected declassified data on the mission and accounts of the incident published in military magazines. And for most of his life he has understood that his father died that night in 1969, flying over the jungles of Laos.
By Dave Olson , October 18, 2012
N.D. social workers discuss work with combat vets, refugees
You’re a social worker assigned to help a combat veteran reintegrate into life in America and a “new normal” with family, friends and a job.
By Chuck Haga , September 28, 2012
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