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FOR THE LOVE OF HOCKEY The Bismarck Bobcats' tradition of goalie development
For those who compete in junior hockey, the goal is often to move on to the next level of hockey. For most players in the North American Hockey League, the only Tier II junior league in the United S...
Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:00 AM
RURAL REFLECTIONS Rural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program, A Perfect World...
Posted on 1/4/13 at 7:58 AM
PEACE GARDEN MAMA II faith fridays: snowflakes falling upward (a memorial)
One summer during junior high, I volunteered to help with Vacation Bible School and was assigned to be an aide in the first-grade class. I found the kids to be absolutely precious -- so full of wonder...
Posted on 12/21/12 at 1:03 AM
THE NEW FORTY Solidarity...
Ihave beentouched by the gestures of solidarity toward Newtown, Connecticut that have been evident from around theworld. TIME magazine posted photos of some of the vigils and tributes. The television ...
Posted on 12/19/12 at 6:15 PM
THE FLENSBURGER FILES Are you aware.......
Are you aware of what you are doing? When you talk about somebody behind his/her back, you degrade that person and his/her self-esteem. When you yell insults to someone, you scare them away. When you...
Posted on 12/18/12 at 9:21 AM
Miss Connecticut wins Miss USA contest in Vegas
Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won the beauty pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests. Asked if she agreed with the decision, Brady said she did.
By Hannah Dreier , June 16, 2013
Cops: Connecticut man swallows cousin's ear lobe during fight 
Police in Connecticut say a city man bit off his cousin's ear lobe and swallowed it during a fight over loud music.
By Associated Press , February 12, 2013
Pavano hospitalized following spleen removal
Pitcher Carl Pavano is in a Connecticut hospital following the removal of his spleen. He was injured when he fell in snow at his home in Vermont.
By Ronald Blum , January 28, 2013
Urban advocates say new gun control talk overdue
For years, voices have cried in the urban wilderness: We need to talk about gun control. Yet the guns blazed on.
By Jesse Washington , December 22, 2012
Conn. town in mourning inundated with gifts, money
The Connecticut town in mourning over the loss of 20 children and six school workers in the December school massacre has been overwhelmed by gifts from across the world.
By Pat Eaton-Robb , December 22, 2012
Bells toll for victims one week after shooting
The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown on Friday, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community — and the nation — to its core.
By Katie Zezima , December 21, 2012
New Town students offer support to Newtown, Connecticut
Students from New Town, N.D., share more than a similar name with Newtown, Conn. They, too, faced heartbreaking loss this year with the shooting deaths of classmates.
By Associated Press , December 20, 2012
Investors turn against gun makers after massacre
Investors shunned some of the nation's largest gun makers Tuesday, putting up for sale the manufacturer of the Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle used in the Connecticut school shooting and worrying that the attack could soon bring stricter gun laws.
By Joshua Freed , December 18, 2012
Newtown plans burials as school's future debated
A grieving Connecticut town braced itself Monday to bury the first two of the 20 littlest victims of the school gunman. Authorities could not say when or whether the school, now a crime scene and forever a place of tragedy, would reopen.
By Matt Apuzzo and Pat Eaton-Robb , December 17, 2012
NICHOLAS KRISTOF: Do we have the courage to stop this?
In the harrowing aftermath of the school shooting in Connecticut, one thought wells in my mind: Why can’t we regulate guns as seriously as we do cars?
By Nicholas Kristof , December 17, 2012
OUR OPINION: Comments offer insight about shootings
So often these days, readers who comment on news items online ask great questions and offer useful information. And the readers who’ve commented on the stories about the shootings in Connecticut are no exception.
By Tom Dennis , December 17, 2012
Obama grieves, promises to use power to help
He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls turned the commander in chief into another parent in grief, searching for answers. Alone on a spare stage after the worst day of his tenure, President Barack Obama declared Sunday he will use "whatever power" he has to prevent shootings like the Connecticut school massacre.
By Ben Feller and Jim Kuhnhenn , December 16, 2012
Schools around US increase security after massacre
School administrators across the nation have pledged to add police patrols, review security plans and make guidance counselors available in their districts as students return to classes Monday for the first time since the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
By Christine Amario , December 16, 2012
Minnesota grandmother remembers Conn. shooting victim
Irene Hagen says she was at her Nisswa home Friday when she got a phone call from Newtown, Conn., saying her granddaughter was in a lockdown at school.
By Associated Press , December 16, 2012
Funeral set for 1 of the children killed in rampage
A funeral for one of the Connecticut school shooting victims, 6-year-old Noah Pozner, is being planned for Monday.
By Associated Press , December 16, 2012
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