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Verse and vibe: World Poetry Reading launches 44th UND Writers Conference to full house
The University of North Dakotas 44th Annual Writers Conference kicked-off Tuesday, March 19, to a jam-packed room for the annual World Poetry ...
Posted on 3/20/13 at 3:08 PM
Book/Documentary of the Month: A Tour of the Rhine
There are many ways to write a book on bridges, let alone do a documentary for a TV program. One can focus on one bridge and its history, but that is more for locals who are closely attached to the ...
Posted on 3/20/13 at 8:48 AM
An E Ticket Semester...
Today was my first day of teaching in the Spring 2013 semester. In the spring I teach two of my favorite classes - Disaster Response and Business Continuity & Crisis Management (BCCM). These class...
Posted on 1/8/13 at 10:34 PM
Trouba leads post-gold song this year
Michigan defenseman Jacob Trouba led what has become the traditional post-gold U.S. World Junior song. If you remember, UND's Danny Kristo led the song when the Americans won gold three years ago in S...
Posted on 1/7/13 at 4:20 PM
Christmas Time is a New Plateau
For as long as I can remember, the Christmas season has always resonated something deep within me. As a boy in northern Minnesota, it was Christmas programs at school and church, the music on the rad...
Posted on 12/22/12 at 10:31 AM
Euro area unemployment at record 12 percent
LONDON — The eurozone economy has passed another bleak milestone.April 02, 2013
Sifting of Sept. 11 debris for remains begins anew
NEW YORK — Jim Riches pulled his son's mangled body out of the rubble at the World Trade Center, but the phone calls still filtered in years afterward. The city kept finding more pieces of his son.April 02, 2013
Al-Qaida in Iraq claims wave of attacks
BAGHDAD — An al-Qaida in Iraq front group claimed responsibility Wednesday for bloody attacks that killed 65 people across the country a day earlier, underscoring the terror group's potency a decade after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted dictator Saddam Hussein.By SINAN SALAHEDDIN , March 20, 2013
Obama vows unwavering support for Israel
JERUSALEM — Renewing U.S. support for the difficult “work of generations,” President Barack Obama assured Israel on Wednesday that his administration would pursue an elusive Mideast peace that would allow residents of the Jewish state to live in peace and free from the threat of terror.By JULIE PACE , March 20, 2013
Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.March 19, 2013
Wave of Iraq blasts kill 65 decade after invasion
BAGHDAD — A wave of bombings tore through Iraq on Tuesday, killing 65 people on eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion and showing how unstable Iraq remains more than a year after the withdrawal of American troops.By ADAM SCHRECK , March 19, 2013
College student from Killdeer witnesses pope election process in Rome
BISMARCK — Students from a North Dakota college who are studying in Rome got an up-close look at the historic election of the first pope from South America.March 14, 2013
Argentine Jorge Bergoglio elected Pope Francis
March 13, 2013
Boston's O'Malley, the 'cappuccino priest,' a hit in Rome
VATICAN CITY — The archbishop of Boston, dressed more often in the humble brown robe of his religious order than a cardinal's regalia, has emerged as an unlikely star amid the drama unfolding in Rome.March 12, 2013
Black smoke from chapel chimney: No pope yet
VATICAN CITY — Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church.By NICOLE WINFIELD , March 12, 2013
ND Guard soldiers wrap up Cameroon exercise
FARGO — About 40 North Dakota National Guard soldiers who took part in a 10-day military exercise in the African nation of Cameroon are back home.March 12, 2013
Weeping Pistorius faces premeditated murder charge
PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter who won world acclaim by competing in last summer's Olympics, broke into loud sobs on Friday after prosecutors announced a charge of premeditated murder against him in the shooting death of his model girlfriend.February 15, 2013
IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games.February 12, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI to resign Feb. 28, says he's too infirm
VATICAN CITY — Declaring that he lacks the strength to do his job, Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday he will resign Feb. 28 — becoming the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. His decision sets the stage for a mid-March conclave to elect a new leader for a Roman Catholic Church in deep turmoil.By NICOLE WINFIELD , February 11, 2013
Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.January 29, 2013
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