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FARGO -- The boom in the state's Oil Patch and strong farm prices have given a big boost to personal incomes in North Dakota, putting per capita pay in some places on par with the most famously rich counties in the U.S. Three western North Dakota counties -- Williams, Billings and...

CROSBY -- A $110 million pipeline project will bring high-quality drinking water to areas of northwest North Dakota that desperately need it, officials said Tuesday. Some independent water providers say this state-backed project will compete with private sales of water to the oil...

MEDORA -- Phones rang, hands feverishly flew in the air and bids climbed higher and higher as oil and gas lease totals amassed about $64 million during a North Dakota State Land Department oil and gas lease auction at the Rough Riders Hotel Conference Center Tuesday. With about 42,000...

FARGO (AP) -- New census estimates show that 20 of the 53 North Dakota counties had population growth in 2009. Cass County experienced the largest growth, with 3,123 people, followed by Burleigh with 1,377, Ward with 908 and Williams with 654. Cass County is home to Fargo, Burleigh...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A black woman whose racially charged allegations of horrific abuse helped put several people in prison now says she lied when she alleged she was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and tortured in a ramshackle West Virginia trailer. West Virginia authorities...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Serena Williams' profanity-laced, finger-pointing tirade at a U.S. Open linesperson drew a $10,000 fine Sunday, and more punishment could follow from a broader investigation into what the head of the tournament called her "threatening manner." The fine -- not quite...