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I'm taking a quick postseason vacation trip today through Monday to Las Vegas, but fear not, I am bringing the lap top so I can watch the World U18 games bright and early in the morning after I finish...
Posted on 4/25/13 at 4:19 AM
Odds and ends...1000 words or less.
Theclean slateof the new year has already faded. As I was traveling home from dropping Cheyenne off from school a hundred odds and ends that have skittered to the outside of my life or my consciousnes...
Posted on 1/3/12 at 2:28 PM
CORRECTED | So Osama is dead. Wow.
My brother Drew texted me earlier this evening to tell me that Osama bin Laden was dead. I checked the news and it turned out he was right. I shot my fist into the air. Generally, it is not wise or p...
Posted on 5/2/11 at 1:26 AM
Snow In May
Yesterday it snowed most of the afternoon. It melted almost as soon as it hit the ground. I believe our last snow event was back in February. It is just as well, most of the snowbirds are back, that...
Posted on 5/8/10 at 5:46 AM
US boom transforming global oil trade
NEW YORK — The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global oil market.By JONATHAN FAHEY , May 14, 2013
Montana Tech names former NBA player as new athletic director
BUTTE, Mont. — Montana Tech Chancellor Don Blackketter has announced that former University of Wyoming and Boston Celtics basketball player Charles Bradley has been named the school's new athletic director.May 14, 2013
Bismarck woman faces child neglect charge
BISMARCK — A Bismarck woman faces a felony child neglect charge after authorities who responded to a report of smoke in her apartment say they found four children home alone.May 14, 2013
Grand Forks AFB absorbs sequester cuts
GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE -- Grand Forks Air Force Base already has absorbed some $800,000 in financial cuts as a result of the federal budget sequester that began last month. But they might be difficult to notice.By Kevin Bonham , May 14, 2013
Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls to host NBA preseason game
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A $19 million basketball facility opening in Sioux Falls in the fall will host an NBA preseason game and a major college men's basketball game.May 14, 2013
Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes
BOISE, Idaho — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.By JOHN MILLER , May 14, 2013
Harmon Lake homeowners oppose development
MANDAN — At least 50 homeowners have signed an informal petition opposing industrial development near Harmon Lake north of Mandan.May 14, 2013
Missile in scrapped test was to come from Minot
MINOT — Air Force officials and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven say the intercontinental ballistic missile for a planned test launch that was scrapped last month because of mounting tensions with North Korea was to have come from the Minot Air Force Base missile field.May 14, 2013
North Dakota cities see highs above 90 degrees
BISMARCK — After a cool early spring, North Dakota is heating up.May 14, 2013
Experts say despite same-sex marriages in Minn., change likely slow in ND
FARGO – Minnesota will soon become the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage, but that change may be years — if not decades — off in North Dakota.By Kyle Potter , May 14, 2013
No sage grouse hunting in ND for 6th straight year
BISMARCK — For a sixth straight year, North Dakota will not have a sage grouse hunting season because the population of male birds is too small.May 14, 2013
Bankrupt Oregon ethanol plant now exports ND crude
PORTLAND, Ore. — An ethanol plant on the Columbia River that was built with the help of $36 million in Oregon state loans and tax credits is now being used to store and ship crude oil from North Dakota.May 14, 2013
Officials to update Missouri River plan Tuesday
OMAHA, Neb. — Officials will provide an update on the plan for managing the Missouri River's reservoirs on Tuesday afternoon.May 14, 2013
MN truck driver sentenced for fatal crash in ND
FARGO — A Minnesota truck driver has been sentenced to serve about 2 ½ months in jail for a crash in North Dakota last June that killed a motorcycle driver.May 14, 2013
In Harvey, farmers are playing the waiting game
HARVEY — It’s a sunny day in early May, the sort of day on which farmers in the Harvey area normally are going full bore in their fields. Not this year. A cold spring has delayed planting, and farmers here don’t expect to be in their fields until the middle of May at the earliest.By Jonathan Knutson , May 14, 2013
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