GERMANY
THE FLENSBURGER FILES Berliners and the Faschings Carneval: An unlikely combination
Carneval Monday (Rosenmontag) in a typical German town- in the midst of Carnevale, all is going on during the 5-6 day long celebration that starts on the weekend. People are dressed up in various co...
Posted on 2/11/13 at 8:51 AM
RED RIVER ORTHODOX: ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND NORTH DAKOTA Religious Circumcision for Males is Physical Abuse
A regional court in Germany has just ruled that circumcision for religious reasons is abuse and that faith communities that practice this on infants must now wait until the boy is old enough to decide...
Posted on 6/28/12 at 2:07 PM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND space scientist helps NASA probe solar system history
In its first global analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, NASAs Dawn mission has confirmed Vestas status as a special fossil of the early solar system and revealed a world more varied and diverse th...
Posted on 5/10/12 at 1:28 PM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! Farming with BOOM and Obvious Spies Spying Obviously
Do you think farming needs more BOOM in it? If so, this marvelous little DuPont booklet on farming with dynamite may be for you! I don't think Farmville has a "dynamite" option yet, but I stopped pl...
Posted on 8/16/11 at 6:00 AM
REGGIE TALES Random Thursday
*Sadly, two of the great TV parents left us this week. June Cleaver and Mr. Cunningham. June always wore a very nice dress as a stay-at-home mom. She had a very "sly" sense of humor and she could alwa...
Posted on 10/21/10 at 10:28 AM
Dayton plans trade mission to Germany, Scandinavia 
Gov. Mark Dayton is planning a trade mission to Germany, Sweden and Norway in June.
By Associated Press , January 31, 2013
Evacuation of German city called off after suspected bomb found to be sewer pipe
German authorities have scrapped plans to cordon off part of the city of Stuttgart and shut its main station after discovering a suspected World War II bomb was actually an old water pipe.
By Associated Press , March 25, 2012
OBIT: John Demjanjuk, 91, convicted Nazi death camp guard, Ohio autoworker
John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name — a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 — made him one of the best-known faces of Nazi prosecutions.
By David Rising , March 18, 2012
Audio recording of Bismarck, N.D.'s namesake found in N.J.. museum
The National Park Service announced this week that the German chancellor's voice has been identified among those found on a dozen recorded wax cylinders, each more than 120 years old, that were once stored near Thomas Edison's cot in his West Orange, N.J., lab.
By Geoff Mulvihull , February 04, 2012
Los Angeles multiple-arson suspect also faces German fire probe
VIDEO: Bottom of articleThe man who allegedly ignited more than 50 fires that terrorized Los Angeles last week is also under investigation in Germany for a house fire near Frankfurt.
By David Rising, Greg Risling and Michael R. Blood , January 05, 2012
Stocks soar on Europe hopes, strong housing starts
Encouraging signs out of Europe and a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. housing market drove the Dow Jones industrial average up more than 300 points Tuesday. It was the best day for stocks this month.
By Matthew Craft , December 20, 2011
Germany, France scale back ambitions of EU summit
German and French officials lowered expectations Wednesday for a deal to save the euro at this week's European summit, deflating investors' hopes for an imminent resolution to Europe's debt crisis.
By Juergen Baetz and Melissa Eddy , December 07, 2011
S&P warnings of possible downgrade to European bailout fund AAA rating
Stocks wavered between small gains and losses Tuesday afternoon after Standard & Poor's expanded its downgrade threat against Europe to include the region's bailout fund.
By Daniel Wagner , December 06, 2011
Standard & Poor's puts 15 euro zone countries on credit watch
UPDATED 3:55 P.M.The decision today to put 15 eurozone countries, including AAA-rating nations such as Germany and Luxembourg, on watch for a possible downgrade piles pressure on eurozone leaders to find a solution to the currency union's debt troubles at a summit later this week.
By Gabrielle Steinhauser and Greg Keller , December 05, 2011
Despite threatened German downgrade, Wall Street stocks rise
Stocks are closing modestly higher after a reported threat to Germany's credit rating deflated a morning market rally.
By Daniel Wagner , December 05, 2011
Germany's Merkel, France's Sarkozy push for new European treaty to rescue euro
The leaders of France and Germany called forcefully today for a new European Union treaty that would automatically punish countries that use the euro if they violate existing limits on overspending.
By Greg Keller, Sarah DiLorenzo , December 05, 2011
EURO RESCUE PLAN: Germany's Merkel, France's Sarkozy wrangle over next steps
VIDEO: Bottom of articleFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel want more cooperation among the 17 countries that use the euro, including stricter rules to prevent states from overspending, but they disagree on how to build a tighter union.
By Pan Pylas and Sarah DiLorenzo , December 05, 2011
Stock market closes out its best week since 2009
The best week for the stock market in more than two years is ending with major indexes nearly unchanged.
By Francesca Levy and Matthew Craft , December 02, 2011
Sarkozy, Merkel to push for EU treaty changes
The leaders of France and Germany will meet next week and plan to push for fundamental changes to the European treaty governing the currency shared by 17 nations, President Nicolas Sarkozy said today.
By Greg Keller , December 01, 2011
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