NATION
Why I won't be watching 'Weight of the Nation'
Count me out of the audience tonight when "Weight of the Nation," the much-anticipated HBO documentary about obesity in the United States, makes its television debut. If the trailers and pre-show pub...
Posted on 5/14/12 at 11:08 AM
How much is too much political spending?
I was watching Face the Nation yesterday and amazed at how much money is being spent on this election. Here's part of the show transcript: "BOB SCHIEFFER: Today on FACE THE NATION, its all about the ...
Posted on 10/25/10 at 9:30 AM
Bake (Biscuits) for your best (canine) friend
UPS has been making frequent deliveries to our house this holiday season. One of those guys who drops packages at our door always remembers our Golden Retriever, Wrigley, with a couple of big biscui...
Posted on 12/23/09 at 11:30 AM
Should Hasan face charges of treason?
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, last week, is awake, according to CNN. I've had this thought in the back of my my head since that shooting that Hasan...
Posted on 11/9/09 at 6:54 AM
77-year-old U.S. trekker stops in South Heart 
By Betsy Simon , May 12, 2012
Marines discharge sergeant for Facebook posts 
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Marine Corps said Wednesday it has decided to discharge a sergeant for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook.
April 25, 2012
Update 4: DSU campus reopens after morning threat; caller told Alumni Foundation employee bombs in multiple buildings 
February 29, 2012
'Twilight' star and Dickinson native Kellan Lutz defends Gisele 
By ALICIA QUARLES , February 04, 2012
Erstad still trying to prove himself 
By Eric Olson , January 25, 2012
JFK library releases last of his secret tapes 
BOSTON (AP) — President John F. Kennedy's library is releasing 45 hours of privately recorded meetings and phone calls, providing a window into the final months of his life.
January 24, 2012
Fired Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85 
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Other than family, football was everything to Joe Paterno. It was his lifeblood. It kept him pumped. Life could not be the same without it.
By Genaro C. Armas , January 23, 2012
Community shows support for couple with ties to New England missing in Italian cruise ship disaster 
A prayer chain has started in New England for a missing couple that has ties to the small southwestern North Dakota community.
January 20, 2012
Update: One arrest made in Sidney, Mont., teacher disappearance
January 13, 2012
Obama seeks power to merge agencies 
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for greater power to shrink the federal government, and his first idea is merging six sprawling trade and commerce agencies whose overlapping programs can be baffling to businesses, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.
January 13, 2012
Taliban: Afghan talks won't mean end to fighting 
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban's political wing is ready to enter peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, but the insurgents will in the meantime continue their armed struggle, the group said Thursday.
January 12, 2012
Bank of ND gets stronger financial rating 
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An independent review of the Bank of North Dakota says it has gotten financially stronger.
January 06, 2012
Iowa GOP voters see Romney as best Obama opponent 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won strong support Tuesday from Republicans seeking a candidate who can topple President Barack Obama in November’s elections, according to an entrance poll of GOP voters attending Iowa’s presidential caucuses.
January 03, 2012
Rainier gunman's body might have been found 
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — The body of an Iraq war veteran suspected in the slaying of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger was believed to have been found in chest-deep snow on Monday, authorities said.
January 02, 2012
Passers-by rescue children from icy Utah river 
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former police officer Chris Willden didn't hesitate when he realized children were trapped in an upside down car in an icy Utah river. He pulled his handgun, pushed it up against the submerged windows and shot out the glass.
January 02, 2012
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