Marine's wife killed in Calif. propane explosion
COLEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The person killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was the wife of a U.S. Marine, and the two people seriously injured were a Navy corpsman and his wife, military officials said on Saturday.
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INDIANAPOLIS — “Twlight” star Kellan Lutz sympathizes with Gisele Bundchen.
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An Iraq War veteran was honored Saturday with a Purple Heart medal, more than three years after he was wounded in combat.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces hammered restive neighborhoods in the city of Homs for hours with mortars and artillery Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing into basements and killing more than 200 people in what appeared to be the bloodiest episode of the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said.
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Organizers of a plan to restore the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname say they are within 1,000 signatures of the 13,500 needed to force a statewide vote on the issue.
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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Army says a 49-year-old brigadier general has died in Afghanistan.
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A woman accused of stealing the identity of another person and using it to obtain student loans says she will plead guilty in North Dakota.
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A man convicted of killing and dismembering a Wisconsin man is asking a judge to reconsider his ruling on a federal complaint over Gaede's medical treatment at the North Dakota state penitentiary.
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — It's a third straight day of tricky travel and flight delays because of fog.
RELATED CONTENTIran begins new military exercises in south
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began military exercises Saturday in the country's south, the latest show of force after threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for tougher Western sanctions.
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Gladstone leaders fear “a continual influx of people” is putting stress on the community’s water system.
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BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s oil boom brings with it tremendous wealth and enormous problems — and both are coming to South Dakota, industry experts say.
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A Dickinson State University trumpeter recently received a prestigious state music award, and will be performing with the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra today in Bismarck.
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Kelly Armstrong announced Friday he is seeking Republican endorsement for the District 36 State Senate position Sen. George Nodland is stepping down from.
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BISMARCK (AP) — More than 3,800 acres of state property in North Dakota’s scenic Badlands won’t be leased for oil drilling while officials develop a policy for reviewing energy exploration on environmentally sensitive land, a state board decided Friday.
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