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STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND N.D. Cold War video wins award
The State Historical Society of North Dakotawon an award from the Mountain-Plains Museum Associationfor the video "Americas Ace in the Hole: The Cold War and North Dakota." The 22-minute video was de...
Posted on 8/26/10 at 12:06 PM
THAT REMINDS ME with MARILYN HAGERTY: 'The Great Communicator' visits Grand Forks in 1986
More than 9,000 people crowded into Hyslop Fieldhouse at UND 25 years ago when President Ronald Reagan came to Grand Forks.
By Marilyn Hagerty , October 04, 2011
Doctors remember the day they helped save the president's life 
En route to the emergency room at George Washington University Hospital, Dr. Paul Colombani noticed a black limousine emblazoned with the presidential seal in the driveway. He told fellow surgical resident Dr. David Gens to look, but the significance didn't immediately register as they headed toward the waiting trauma patients.
By Meredith Cohn , March 30, 2011
Secret service agent: Coin toss might have saved his life on day Reagan was shot
Joe Trainor Sr. had administrative duties at the White House he needed to catch up on and won a coin toss with Special Agent Timothy McCarthy on March 30, 1981. Trainor stayed at the White House, manning the Secret Service communications command post, and McCarthy was shot protecting the president. Open article to see an AP video about the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on President Reagan.
By Michael A. Fuoco , March 30, 2011
Former secret service agent recalls taking bullet for Reagan 30 years ago
On March 30, 1981, Tim McCarthy was walking beside Ronald Reagan as the president and his entourage left the Washington Hilton. That day, McCarthy became the most famous Secret Service agent alive.
By Andy Grimm , March 30, 2011
Calvin Schaible, Fargo, letter: House GOP must learn from Reagan
The new Republican majority in the U.S. House needs to model Reagan. The members need to be bold, confident, reassuring and willing to show leadership. But their initial willingness to cut only $32 billion out of a $3.8 trillion dollar budget was a sure sign of timidity.
By Calvin Schaible , February 16, 2011
Palin: America out of step with Reagan's values
America is on a "road to ruin" because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin said at an event honoring the former president's legacy.
By Michael R. Blood , February 05, 2011
Reagan centennial endowment reaches $100M goal
The Ronald Reagan centennial endowment campaign has surpassed its $100 million goal on the eve of the Gipper's birthday.
By Jeff Wilson , February 05, 2011
Ron Reagan says Palin has nothing in common with his dad
Sarah Palin spoke Friday at a tribute to former President Ronald Reagan. But his son, Ron Reagan, says he doesn't think Palin has anything in common with his dad.
By Michael Blood , February 04, 2011
COLUMNIST DAVID BRODER: Dash of Reaganism can enliven tea party
Conservative populism had an unsuccessful trial run in 1964 under Barry Goldwater but did not flourish until Ronald Reagan took on the Washington establishment in 1980. The differences between them were significant.
By David Broder , July 11, 2010
OBIT: Fess Parker, 85, TV's 'Davy Crockett' and 'Daniel Boone'
Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, then later became the medium's Daniel Boone, died today of natural causes. He was 85.
By Associated Press , March 18, 2010
Court: Sentence for millennium plotter too lenient
The long legal battle of an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted in an attempted bombing on the millennium has taken another turn after an appeals court threw out his sentence and removed the trial judge from the case.
By Paul Elias , February 03, 2010
Democrats see GOP hypocrisy in drug benefit, health care debate
Republican senators attacking the cost of a Democratic health care bill showed far different concerns six years ago, when they approved a major Medicare expansion that has added tens of billions of dollars to federal deficits. The inconsistency — or hypocrisy, as some call it — has irked Democrats, who claim that their plan will pay for itself with higher taxes and spending cuts and cite the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office for support.
By Charles Babington , December 25, 2009
REGIONAL POLITICS: Pawlenty speaks in Michigan ... Pawlenty's new PAC ... Mayors seek political voice .. more
A Star Tribune Minnesota Poll published Sunday found that support for President Barack Obama has slipped in the state, though he still has the backing of a slim majority. Overall, 51 percent of respondents approved of Obama’s performance, compared with 62 percent in the last Minnesota Poll in April. He fared even worse on health care, with just 39 percent saying they approved of his handling of the issue, as Congress works on a package of reforms.
By Herald Wire Reports , September 27, 2009
Michael Reagan to speak at N.D. GOP meeting
A son of former President Ronald Reagan will be the featured speaker at a meeting of North Dakota Republicans next month.
By Associated Press , August 25, 2009
Federal judge Rodney Webb dies
A respected public servant and one of the UND School of Law’s best friends, Judge Rodney Webb, passed away Sunday afternoon at age 74 after a battle with lung cancer. Webb was a judge who liked lawyers and lawyers-in-training, liked the intellectual tug of war of the law, and especially liked presiding over the swearing in of new citizens.
By Tu-Uyen Tran and Patrick Springer , August 10, 2009
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