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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
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
FBI issues photos of 2 suspects in Boston bombing
BOSTON — The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public's help in identifying them, zeroing in on the two men on surveillance-camera footage less than three days after the deadly attack.April 18, 2013
Frantic search ongoing after deadly Texas blast
WEST, Texas — Rescue workers searched the smoldering ruins of a fertilizer plant Thursday for survivors of a monstrous explosion that leveled homes and businesses in every direction across the Texas prairie. As many as 15 people were feared dead and more than 160 others injured.By JOHN L. MONE , April 18, 2013
Boston Marathon blasts put world's cities on alert
LONDON — With more than 30 marathons being held this weekend alone and big events on the horizon, officials around the world are boosting security efforts in the wake of the fatal bomb blasts that shook Boston's race.April 16, 2013
ND woman calls bomb explosions at Boston Marathon 'surreal'
BISMARCK — A North Dakota woman who finished the Boston Marathon just minutes before two bombs exploded Monday said she was in in disbelief and called the experience “surreal.”April 15, 2013
Explosions at Boston Marathon
BOSTON — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.April 15, 2013
Georgia firefighters 'relieved' hostage ordeal is over
SUWANEE, Ga. — It's a call that firefighters routinely respond to — a report of a medical emergency.By JOHNNY CLARK , April 11, 2013
Thousands remain without power in eastern SD
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota residents hunkered down for a third day as ice and snow snarled traffic, bowed trees and basically shut down the state Thursday.By KRISTI EATON , April 11, 2013
Obama budget targets millionaires, replaces sequester cuts
WASHINGTON - The White House on Wednesday proposed a budget that would sharply trim the U.S. deficit over three years by forcing millionaires to pay more in taxes and enacting spending cuts that replace the "sequester" reductions that went into place last month.By Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason , April 10, 2013
U.S. Postal Service will keep Saturday delivery
WASHINGTON - The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service will keep delivering first-class mail on Saturday because Congress has left it no choice but to continue, the service's board of governors said on Wednesday.April 10, 2013
No panic in NKorea despite talk of missile test
PYONGYANG, North Korea — The prospect of a North Korean missile test is “considerably high,” South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang calmly prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the world's attention with dramatic displays of military power.April 10, 2013
Students describe bloody scene at Texas college
CYPRESS, Texas — A 20-year-old student who told police he had fantasized for years about stabbing people to death went on a rampage with a knife at a suburban Houston community college, hurting more than a dozen people, authorities said.By JUAN A. LOZANO , April 10, 2013
Obama to bring some Sandy Hook families on AF1
HARTFORD, Conn. — President Barack Obama is providing a ride on Air Force One to 11 relatives of those killed at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School so they can attend his gun control speech Monday before heading to Washington to personally plead with senators reluctant to back gun legislation.By NEDRA PICKLER , April 08, 2013
US arms control advocates must show they like guns
NEW YORK — Lobbying for gun control in the United States often means proving how much you like firearms.By ALEXANDRA OLSON , April 08, 2013
ND's Heitkamp, Indiana's Donnelly now support gay marriage
By Brandi Jewett , April 06, 2013
Laws, rumors have ammo flying off store shelves
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gun enthusiasts fearful of new weapon controls and alarmed by rumors of government hoarding are buying bullets practically by the bushel, making it hard for stores nationwide to keep shelves stocked and even putting a pinch on some local law enforcement departments.By MICHAEL VIRTANEN , April 05, 2013
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