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STAFF BLOG REEL TALK MY 5: Worst horror movie remakes
The key to watching a remake is going in with low to no expectations. I learned this the hard way when I went to the new "Evil Dead." Before the opening credits, I tweeted: "This better be as good as...
Posted on 4/21/13 at 6:00 PM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS UND’s 8th annual BIG Event to be held April 27; registration deadline is Friday
The annual BIG Event, where University of North Dakota students spread out across the community to complete odd jobs for free, is returning April 27. The registration deadline to take part is Friday,...
Posted on 4/11/13 at 3:48 PM
IT'S SIMPLY GRAND! Kick up your heels in Grand Forks and win Jason Aldean concert tickets!
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Posted on 2/26/13 at 2:24 PM
THE NEW FORTY Oops...they did it again. ;-)
Ihave beenhumming Britney Spears' hit -Oops...I did it again! - all afternoon. Her tongue in cheek homage to innocence seems appropriate on the heels of a second NDSU Bison FCS win. The Bison shut dow...
Posted on 1/5/13 at 11:16 PM
BISON MEDIA BLOG Frisco: Day 1
If first impressions mean anything, and they usually do, thumbs up to the host city for the Division I Football Championship Subdivision title game. At one time a small town next to a super highway, o...
Posted on 1/4/12 at 7:11 PM
Texas tornado winds believed to be up to 200 mph
Forecasters say the tornado that claimed six lives and destroyed dozens of homes in North Texas is believed to have had winds up to 200 mph.
By Angela K. Brown and John L. Mone , May 16, 2013
Texas launches criminal probe into plant explosion 
Texas law enforcement officials on Friday launched a criminal investigation into the massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last month, after weeks of largely treating the blast as an industrial accident.
By Angela K. Brown and Ramit Plushnick-Masti , May 10, 2013
Texas loses 2 in a row for 1st time this season
The Texas Rangers started Sunday as the only team in the majors that hadn't lost two games in a row this season. That streak is over after Kevin Correia pitched eight sharp innings, Justin Morneau homered and the Minnesota Twins beat Texas 5-0.
By Associated Press , April 28, 2013
Texan gets nearly 20 years for enticing Minnesota girl
A Houston-area man must serve nearly 20 years in prison for enticing a 9-year-old Minnesota girl he met online into posing nude and email him the photo.
By Associated Press , April 26, 2013
Texas town at center of blast shifts to recovery
Finally with a firm body count, the Central Texas town torn and bruised by a crater-making fertilizer plant explosion shifted toward recovery.
By Christopher Sherman and Paul J. Weber , April 20, 2013
Official: 12 bodies recovered after Texas blast
The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the remnants of a tiny Texas farm town that was rocked by a roaring explosion at a fertilizer plant, authorities said Friday, confirming for the first time the number of people who perished in the accident.
By Christopher Sherman and Nomaan Merchant , April 19, 2013
Crews seek survivors, bodies after Texas blast
Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris or bodies of the dead. The accident killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others.
By John L. Mone and Nomaan Merchant , April 18, 2013
- Elderly persons from a nearby nursing home are triaged in a parking lot
- A person looks on as emergency workers fight a house fire after a near by fertilizer plant exploded
- The remains of the the West Fertilizer Co. plant
- A plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire in West, Texas
- A firefighter stands on a rail line and surveys the remains of a fertilizer plant
- Apartment complex destroyed by an explosion
Texas wife of ex-judge charged with capital murder
The wife of a former judge was charged Wednesday with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor, a law enforcement official said.
By Danny Robbins , April 17, 2013
Texas DA slain in his home; had armed himself
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland took no chances after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down two months ago. McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went and was extra careful when answering the door at his home. On Saturday, he and his wife were found shot to death in their rural home just outside the town of Forney, about 20 miles from Dallas.
By Nicholas Riccardi and Nomaan Merchant , March 31, 2013
Denbury Resources completes $1.05 billion property deal
Denbury Resources Inc. on Thursday announced it had completed its $1.05 billion purchase of properties in North Dakota and Montana from fellow oil and natural gas company ConocoPhillips.
By Associated Press , March 28, 2013
Man killed in Texas called suspect in Colo slaying
Colorado investigators are saying for the first time that a former prison inmate who was killed in a gunfight with Texas authorities is a suspect in the death of Colorado's state prison system chief.
By Dan Elliott , March 23, 2013
South Dakota leaders heading to Texas to promote oil jobs
A group of western South Dakota business and civic leaders is heading to Houston to stake a claim for oil business.
By Associated Press , March 03, 2013
Iraq War vet charged in fatal shooting of ex-SEAL
An Iraq War veteran charged with murdering former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and a friend turned a gun on the pair while they were at a Texas shooting range, authorities said Sunday.
By Christopher Sherman and Jamie Stengle , February 03, 2013
Prosecutors say man continued to deal after deaths
Federal prosecutors say a Texas man charged in a synthetic drug case continued to sell controlled substances after he heard about two overdose deaths from the hallucinogens in North Dakota.
By Associated Press , January 31, 2013
Texas man pleads not guilty in Grand Forks synthetic drug case
The prosecutor says Charles William Carlton, 28, Katy, Texas, sold chemicals to a Grand Forks drug maker, whose hallucinogen killed two teens in June.
By Stephen J. Lee , January 29, 2013
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