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THE NEW FORTY The 3rd Annual STEM Cosmopolitan Soiree
Regular readers of my blog have often heard me sing the praises of the STEM Center - Cheyenne's school in the West Fargo School Districtand the only magnet school in the state. Well, you may not have ...
Posted on 5/19/12 at 6:20 PM
UND NEWS UND Law Professor a rising star among global media
University of North Dakota law professor Gregory S. Gordon, a renowned researcher on human rights law and head of the Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies (CHRGS) at UND, continues to be the g...
Posted on 4/30/12 at 9:40 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA HOCKEY Monique's performance among best ever
Grand Forks native and UND junior Monique Lamoureux-Kolls is putting together arguably the greatest performance ever at the IIHF World Women's Championship. After her three goal, three assist game Tu...
Posted on 4/10/12 at 11:59 PM
STORM TRACKER Forecasting the War
At a recent speaking engagement I had the opportunity to have a brief but fascinating conversation with a World War II veteran that was a meteorologist in the Pacific Theatre during the war. Even wi...
Posted on 4/6/12 at 8:47 AM
A MINNESOTAN IN CHINA Better Music, Better Life
On two occasions music festivals were held in Zhuhai. The real awesome part was that both these events were organized by my school. I turned out, the founder of TPR English was quite the involved comm...
Posted on 3/31/12 at 8:43 AM
Bin Laden said to have wanted Obama assassinated 
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Obama administration official says al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden wanted to see President Barack Obama and Gen. David Petraeus assassinated.
May 01, 2012
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NYC subway plotter: Bombmaking 'very simple'
NEW YORK (AP) — The admitted mastermind of a foiled suicide attack on the New York City subways says he learned formulas for homemade bombs while at an al-Qaida training compound in Pakistan in 2008.
April 18, 2012
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Army sergeant to be charged in Afghan killings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is expected to be told Friday he faces 17 counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, along with other charges, in connection with a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages that shocked Americans back home and further roiled U.S.-Afghan relations.
March 23, 2012
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Afghan villagers recount weekend shooting rampage
BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) — As bullets flew, the Afghan woman scooped up her 3-year-old niece and ran for their lives. Moments later, the woman was dead and the girl lay bleeding from a gunshot wound.
March 13, 2012
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Fire leaves cruise ship adrift off Seychelles
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Italian cruise liner carrying more than 1,000 people was adrift without power in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean on Monday after a fire erupted in its generator room. The blaze was extinguished without causing any injuries, officials said.
February 27, 2012
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Argentine train slams into station, killing 49
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires’ busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades.
February 22, 2012
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Syrian activists: 200 dead in government assault
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.
February 04, 2012
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Experts: US ill-prepared for oil spill off Cuba
MIAMI (AP) — Experts say the U.S. lacks the plans to adequately respond to an oil spill off the Cuban Coast.
January 30, 2012
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Cruise ship fuel removal stalled due to rough seas
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Rough seas off Italy's Tuscan coast forced a delay in the planned Saturday start of the operation to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded Costa Concordia, and officials said pumping may now not begin until midweek.
January 28, 2012
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattles Crete
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say an earthquake with preliminary 4.9-magnitude has shaken the country's southern Aegean islands, including Crete. No injuries or damage were immediately reported in the quake, which was the third in three days in the area.
January 28, 2012
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EU adopts Iran oil embargo
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union adopted an oil embargo Monday against Iran and a freeze of the assets of the country's central bank, part of sanctions meant to pressure the country to resume talks on its nuclear program.
January 23, 2012
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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
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Cruise captain pleaded not to reboard ship
ROME (AP) — Five more bodies were pulled Tuesday from the wreckage of a crippled cruise ship off Tuscany, and a shocking audio emerged in which the ship's captain was heard making excuses as the Italian coast guard repeatedly ordered him to return to oversee his ship's evacuation.
January 17, 2012
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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
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