AP's top ND news story of 2012: Heitkamp vs. Berg

In this Nov. 7 photo, Democratic candidate for North Dakota’s U.S. Senate seat, Heidi Heitkamp, holds up the Oct. 20 Fargo Forum in Bismarck showing the newspaper had Heitkamp’s challenger, Republican Rick Berg, leading Heitkamp in the state by 10 points.