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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
Administrators at Dickinson (N.D.) State University have been working to ease disputes involving groups of international students.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers burst from the gate in February, quickly finalizing spending for transportation upgrades and a long-pushed ballot measure dedicating dollars to outdoors and arts programs.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
FOSSTON, Minn. — Robin and David Bly have a typical sibling relationship — cherished moments, squabbles and all.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
SAN FRANCISCO — When Maulit Shelat heard about the Bush administration’s plan to pump up the economy by sending out stimulus checks, he sat down with his wife and drew up a list of priorities: first up, remodeling the bathroom.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
WINDSOR, N.D. — Fuel costs greater than $4 a gallon aren’t just expensive for motorists. They’re causing headaches for thousands of rural fuel dealers whose pumps can’t count that high.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
A proposal to allow hemp production failed to make it into the final Minnesota House-Senate conference committee agriculture bill report.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
The dedication of the largest wind farm in North Dakota will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the operations and maintenance site of the Langdon Wind Energy Center in Cavalier County, N.D.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
The city of Grand Forks’ ward system guarantees representation to different areas. That’s not true with the at-large representation of the Park Board, which these days has four of its five commissioners on the south end, and the School Board, which has all nine members south.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
As the north end’s share of Grand Forks’ population shrinks, so does its political muscle. The numbers don’t fib.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
GRAFTON, W.Va. — On this 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day, the woman credited with creating one of the world’s most celebrated holidays probably wouldn’t be pleased with all the flowers, candy or gifts.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
Do recent race related issues on UND campus reflect a deeper problem? Or were kids just being kids?
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
BISMARCK — Jim Diepolder says the drought gripping most of western North Dakota isn’t just serious. He calls it eerie, scary even.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
Some parents in the Greenbush-Middle River (Minn.) School District are upset about how administrators and the School Board have handled complaints from parents, including those against a former bus driver, but Superintendent Ron Ruud said all complaints have been investigated properly.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
A nonprofit organization founded to help farm families that have experienced a major injury, illness or natural disaster, says it has successfully completed more than half of this year’s spring planting. Since April 7, a total of 15 of the 28 selected families in western North Dakota have been helped.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
FORT TOTTEN, N.D. — Tribal firefighters on the Spirit Lake Nation Reservation are once again being run ragged by grass fires, and Chief Daniel Herman says the rash of fires is bound to end in tragedy if it continues.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
Grand Forks’ north end was built “as a series of ethnic enclaves,” according to the Rev. William Sherman.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
A Clifford, N.D., native has been promoted to commanding officer of the USS San Francisco in the U.S. Navy.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
A University of Minnesota Board of Regents panel has said “no” to a new $100 student fee to pay for campus construction projects.
The regents’ Finance and Operations Committee sent the proposal back to university administration.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
Light snow Saturday morning turned lawns partially white and coated windshields in Grand Forks, but it melted later in the day.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Thunderstorms and tornadoes tore across the nation's heartland Saturday evening, killing at least 11 people, mangling buildings and trapping people in rubble in areas still reeling from other recent bouts with severe weather.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
BREEZY POINT, Minn. - Gov. Tim Pawlenty landed a 17-inch walleye Saturday during the Governor's 60th Annual Fishing Opener at Breezy Point on Pelican Lake.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and the Jamestown Sun have won General Excellence awards at this year’s North Dakota Newspaper Association convention.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS — As fewer Minnesotans are buying fishing licenses, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is working on an aggressive campaign to lure new anglers to the state’s waters.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
ST. PAUL — Two things often are shrouded in secrecy in the legislative session’s final weeks: budget deals and pending lawmaker retirements.
Minnesota House members stand for election this fall, and some representatives are keeping their future plans under wraps until the end of session.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
Paint manufacturers would be required to launch a pilot project to recycle unused paint if Pawlenty agrees with legislators.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
ST. PAUL — Rep. Tom Rukavina has introduced 66 bills during the current two-year legislative session, including at least one he knew would go nowhere.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
BISMARCK — On July 11, 1976, banker Wade Zick and his wife, Ellen, were abducted from their house in their pajamas, forced to take money from the bank vault and gunned down near an abandoned gravel pit.
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Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.
