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		<title>ND group ordered to repay $124K in federal disaster funds misspent on booze, bonuses, lobbying</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — A group that represents North Dakota&#8217;s ambulance and emergency workers was ordered Wednesday to repay more than $124,000 in federal disaster planning money spent on alcohol, lobbying and other questionable expenses.

The North Dakota EMS Association, which represents about 1,800 ambulance and emergency workers, may be barred from seeking any more federal grant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ND group ordered to repay $120K in federal disaster funds misspent on booze, bonuses, lobbying</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — A group that represents North Dakota&#8217;s ambulance and emergency workers has been ordered to repay more than $120,000 in federal disaster planning money spent on alcohol, lobbying and other questionable expenses.

The North Dakota EMS Association, which represents about 1,800 ambulance and emergency workers, may be barred from seeking more federal grant money.
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		<title>Garbanzo bean farmers want improvements to federal program designed to give them a safety net</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Garbanzo bean farmers say a federal program that was supposed to provide them with a safety net is largely worthless because the government has underestimated the value of their crop.

Garbanzo beans, also known as large chickpeas, are used in salads, stews and hummus, a popular Middle Eastern dip often served with pita [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fix the dam _ or just leave? $5M price tag to fix dam in Kathryn, ND, leaves no easy choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHRYN, N.D. — All that&#8217;s left of this southeastern North Dakota town is a bar, a church, a post office and about 55 people who call it home — but if floods like the ones that hit last spring begin to rise again, it could be destroyed.

That&#8217;s led some to quietly joke that the town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ND thief leaves note admiring man&#8217;s &#8216;amazing taste&#8217; in music, advises car owner to lock up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — A man said it&#8217;s a tough way to learn a lesson but he&#8217;s a lot wiser. Someone made off with Mark Neary&#8217;s driver&#8217;s license and other items from his unlocked car early Wednesday, and left a message behind. Neary said he found a note telling him he had &#8220;amazing taste&#8221; in music.

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Force discharges 3 North Dakota missile crew members who fell asleep with launch codes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — The Air Force discharged three North Dakota ballistic missile crew members who fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices, the military announced Tuesday. Officials said the codes were outdated and remained secure at all times.

The crew members were discharged last Thursday under orders from Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, said spokeswoman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wells in North Dakota&#8217;s Bakken shale show promise for huge new oil deposit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wells-in-north-dakotas-bakken-shale-show-promise-for-huge-new-oil-deposit-109162/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Dozens of fruitful wells beneath the rich Bakken shale in North Dakota continue to fuel a hunch among oilmen and geologists that another vast crude-bearing formation may be buried in the state&#8217;s vast oil patch.

Lynn Helms, director of the state Department of Mineral Resources, said recent production results from 103 newly tapped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former ND nuclear missile launch center opens to public curious about once-top secret site</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Wetzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COOPERSTOWN, N.D. — A former nuclear missile launch center that closed as the Cold War was winding down opened Monday to a public curious to see what life was like at the once-top secret site.

The Ronald Reagan Minuteman site, surrounded by wheat and soybean fields in eastern North Dakota, looked much as it would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communities confront &#8216;ghostbox&#8217; buildings when big-box retailers leave</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/communities-confront-ghostbox-buildings-when-big-box-retailers-leave-100107/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.&#8217;s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 102,700-square-foot building center in Bismarck. Less than three years later, the home improvement retailer shuttered the underperforming store, leaving a big orange empty eyesore on the outskirts of town.

The building, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rail car maker moves corporate home to North Dakota</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — A rail car manufacturer has filed the paperwork needed to move its corporate home to North Dakota and take advantage of a state law that gives more power to company shareholders.

Secretary of State Al Jaeger says American Railcar Industries Inc. finished the move Tuesday. The company&#8217;s shareholders approved the change on June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding child while drunk pleads guilty to neglect charge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk has pleaded guilty to child neglect. Stacey Anvarinia, 36, could face up to five years in prison when she&#8217;s sentenced on the felony charge in August.

Judge Sonja Clapp says Anvarinia will not have to register as an offender against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Red River threatens parks, golf courses in North Dakota, but homes aren&#8217;t affected yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — Two months after eastern North Dakota homeowners worked around the clock on sandbag lines to hold back floodwaters, the Red River is again spilling over its banks, this time threatening mostly just parks and golf courses, but no homes.

Heavy rains in the past week have pushed the river within two feet of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red panda at Red River Zoo in ND has triplets, a rarity for the Asian animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — The Red River Zoo in North Dakota has welcomed a rare new set of red panda triplets.

The new babies are two females and one male. They were born June 11 at the zoo in Fargo.
Zoo executive director Paula Grimestad said triplets are rare for red pandas and are especially welcome because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flood-ravaged ND counties maneuvering FEMA have residents waiting on word of possible buyouts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/flood-ravaged-nd-counties-maneuvering-fema-have-residents-waiting-on-word-of-possible-buyouts-86232/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — Craig and Marcia Strehlow&#8217;s 4,400-square-foot dream home had been their sanctuary for 23 years, a wooded paradise in North Dakota river country. But after record-breaking spring floods, they and thousands of others are left wondering: Will the federal government help?

The floods left the Strehlows&#8217; home in shambles — torn out carpets, drawers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy rain brings back flooding problems to central North Dakota; bowling alley roof collapses</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/heavy-rain-brings-back-flooding-problems-to-central-north-dakota-bowling-alley-roof-collapses-83577/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Heavy rain pounded flood-weary North Dakota for a second day Tuesday, swamping streets, stressing storm sewers and stalling vehicles. Roads were shut down, and the roof of a bowling alley collapsed under the weight of water.

The National Weather Service said its reports ranged from 5.6 inches at the Bismarck airport since Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge upholds North Dakota&#8217;s anti-corporate farming law, says nonprofit can keep wildlife land</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Wetzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — A judge has ruled that a nonprofit foundation can keep more than 1,700 acres of wildlife habitat it owns in three North Dakota counties, while upholding the state&#8217;s law against corporations owning or leasing farmland.

Southeast District Judge James Bekken says the state law does not apply to 848 acres of Crosslands Inc. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors not rushing to incorporate in North Dakota despite &#8217;shareholder friendly&#8217; law</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/investors-not-rushing-to-incorporate-in-north-dakota-despite-shareholder-friendly-law-79464/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Wetzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has found a new corporate home for a railroad car manufacturer he controls — in North Dakota.

Stockholders of American Railcar Industries Inc., a St. Charles, Mo.-based company, voted on Wednesday to change the company&#8217;s incorporation from Delaware to North Dakota. It will be the first business to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers protected against price drops with federal expansion of sunflower insurance program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — The federal government is expanding an insurance program for sunflower farmers — two years after almost killing it — in a move that could help protect growers against fluctuating prices and low crop yields.

The protection could be especially important this year as sunflower seed prices continue to fall, and some farmers contemplate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shootout with Alabama escapees jolts tiny ND town; police told residents to lock their doors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/shootout-with-alabama-escapees-jolts-tiny-nd-town-police-told-residents-to-lock-their-doors-74651/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GLADSTONE, N.D. — Residents in this tiny North Dakota town were jarred from their sleep with calls from authorities: Lock your doors.

Police were trying to capture suspects in a video store robbery who turned out to be four people wanted in an Alabama prison break. The suspects had holed up in a garage and held [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BLM denies request to boost bond for oil company after big saltwater spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — The federal government has rejected an environmental group&#8217;s request to boost the bond required of an Oklahoma company after a pipeline spilled nearly 1 million gallons of saltwater into a creek in northwestern North Dakota.

Saltwater that spewed from the ruptured pipeline near Alexander and was discovered in early January 2006 has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ND regulators seek change in federal rules on wind power cost sharing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Wetzel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota&#8217;s wind development boom may force utility customers to pay higher electric bills unless rules on sharing transmission costs are changed, state regulators say.

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. and Otter Tail Power Co. estimate the current rules could drive up their customers&#8217; monthly bills by 18 percent to 30 percent annually.
If the problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bobcat suspending work for part of June, July at plants in Bismarck and Gwinner, ND</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Bobcat Co. said Wednesday its plants in Bismarck and Gwinner will be idle for part of June and July due to the sluggish worldwide economy.

The maker of skid-steer loaders and light construction equipment said its Bismarck plant will be closed next Wednesday through Friday and again July 6 through July 10. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veteran Fargo race car driver killed in crash at West Fargo speedway</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 22:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST FARGO, N.D. — A crash during a feature race at the Red River Valley Speedway has killed longtime Fargo race car driver John Schulz.

Schulz, 47, died after the car he was driving rolled on the back straightaway of the second lap in the modified division feature race at the West Fargo track about 9:15 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army Corps of Engineers says it has picked up its final sandbags in Fargo, ND</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 07:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — The Army Corps of Engineers says it has picked up its last sandbags in Fargo after record spring flooding.

The corps says in a statement that it removed about 2.4 million sandbags, or about 47,838 tons of sand, from North Dakota&#8217;s largest city.
State officials have estimated 18 million sandbags were used throughout North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist Roxana Saberi welcomed home to ND after release from prison in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 06:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — Journalist Roxana Saberi&#8217;s first time back to her hometown since she walked out of an Iranian prison left her fighting back tears as she thanked friends and supporters.

Saberi and her parents were greeted Saturday at the Fargo airport by a crowd of well-wishers waving &#8220;Welcome home Roxana!&#8221; banners and lining up for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist Roxana Saberi welcomed home to ND after release from prison in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 03:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — Journalist Roxana Saberi, released from prison in Iran earlier this month, is back in North Dakota.

The 32-year-old Saberi was greeted at the Fargo airport by a crowd of well-wishers and &#8220;Welcome home, Roxana&#8221; signs.
Saberi, fighting back tears, said she was surprised at the emotions she felt.
&#8220;It&#8217;s the first time I&#8217;ve ever really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist Roxana Saberi says she wants to return to North Dakota, write a book</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/journalist-roxana-saberi-says-she-wants-to-return-to-north-dakota-write-a-book-67301/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 03:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Journalist Roxana Saberi, freed earlier this month from an Iranian prison, says she wants to return to North Dakota and write a book.

State officials are making plans for her return Saturday.
Saberi says in an interview aired Friday on ABC&#8217;s Good Morning America that her happiness over her release is tempered with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Indian farmers prepare for trial in discrimination lawsuit, despite talk of settling</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/american-indian-farmers-prepare-for-trial-in-discrimination-lawsuit-despite-talk-of-settling-66783/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 15:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — An attorney for American Indian farmers suing the government over alleged farm loan discrimination says the group continues to prepare for a trial despite statements by the Obama administration indicating a willingness to resolve such disputes.

Joe Sellers, the lead attorney for the farmers, said his Washington-based firm has been lining up witnesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends, neighbors of North Dakota journalist imprisoned in Iran elated by news of her release</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/friends-neighbors-of-north-dakota-journalist-imprisoned-in-iran-elated-by-news-of-her-release-59439/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 00:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — The first joyous day of summer vacation for one of Roxana Saberi&#8217;s college journalism instructors started earlier than expected with news that Saberi would be freed from an Iranian prison.

Catherine McMullen, who taught Saberi at Concordia College in neighboring Moorhead, Minn., splashed the news outside the front porch of her south Fargo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After the water runs, sand remains: ND, Minn. officials ponder future of 6 million sandbags</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-the-water-runs-sand-remains-nd-minn-officials-ponder-future-of-6-million-sandbags-58651/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 04:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — Millions of bags filled with sand were used to battle record flood crests in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn. But now that the flood risk is over, city leaders wonder: Where will the sand go?

Cleanup efforts in the two cities are facing about 6 million bags of sand used to prop up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cut-and-dry theft cases in North Dakota stalled by rules protecting food stamp recipients</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cut-and-dry-theft-cases-in-north-dakota-stalled-by-rules-protecting-food-stamp-recipients-57564/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 17:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mcpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — John Schweitzer swiped his credit card, bagged his groceries and walked out of a Wal-Mart without his wallet. When he returned a moment later, it was gone.

Schweitzer&#8217;s misfortune should have been an open-and-shut legal case. The thief was caught on video surveillance, and he used his own food stamp swipe card to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds at Fargo rally, including ND gov, call for return of US journalist imprisoned in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 05:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — Hundreds of people supporting a U.S. journalist imprisoned in Iran have gathered for a vigil on a bridge connecting Fargo and Moorhead, Minn.

North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven said the rally Saturday at the Veterans Memorial Bridge recognizes Roxana Saberi&#8217;s plight and asks that she and her family &#8220;be allowed to return home.&#8221;
Saberi&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naked motorist arrested on DUI after crashing pickup truck into emergency room at ND hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Police in North Dakota say a naked motorist has been charged with driving under the influence after crashing a pickup into a hospital emergency room. No one was hurt.

Sgt. Dwight Offerman said 47-year-old Nicholas Krush drove into the admitting area of Bismarck&#8217;s St. Alexius Hospital emergency room early Wednesday.
Offerman says Krush may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relief at last: Residents of North Dakota city long harried by flooding get to flush again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — An eastern North Dakota city that has suffered from flooding problems for much of the month has taken a step toward normalcy — residents are allowed to flush their toilets again.

Valley City Mayor Mary Lee Nielson said residents on Wednesday were being allowed to flush their toilets on a limited basis.
The sanitary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP NewsBreak: Air Force to remove nuclear missile due to melting snow in ND silo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — A nuclear missile will be removed from an underground silo in North Dakota because runoff from melting snow leaked into the facility, the Air Force said Tuesday.

Laurie Arellano, a Minot Air Force Base spokeswoman, said there was no danger to the public and the intercontinental ballistic missile would be tested as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ND prosecutors charge woman with neglect for breast-feeding baby while drunk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota mother has pleaded not guilty to child neglect after prosecutors alleged she was drunk while breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby.

Prosecutor Carmell Mattison says alcohol was not the only factor in the felony charge against 27-year-old Stacey Anvarinia, who appeared in court Monday. She is free on bond.
Mattison says the mother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP NewsBreak: Air Force to remove nuclear missile due to melting snow in ND silo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — The U.S. Air Force says a nuclear missile will be removed from an underground silo in western North Dakota because runoff from melting snow leaked into the facility.

Minot Air Force Base spokeswoman Laurie Arellano said Tuesday there is no danger to the public. She says the missile will be tested as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interior Sec&#8217;y Salazar announces $500M in federal stimulus money for American Indian tribes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says $500 million in federal stimulus money will go to American Indian tribes across the U.S. for schools, housing, infrastructure improvements and job programs on reservations.

Salazar made the announcement Saturday at the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, N.D.
The Interior Department oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Salazar said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UND&#8217;s Fighting Sioux nickname gets 1 tribe&#8217;s OK; another must weigh in under deal with NCAA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT TOTTEN, N.D. — The University of North Dakota&#8217;s use of the Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian head logo has been approved by one of the two tribes that must endorse it under a deal the school reached with the NCAA.

The Spirit Lake Sioux tribe voted 764 to 371 in favor of the nickname and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valley City ND allows businesses to reopen after temporary fix of flood-damaged sewer system</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/valley-city-nd-allows-businesses-to-reopen-after-temporary-fix-of-flood-damaged-sewer-system-33952/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — Parts of North Dakota recently threatened by river flooding have begun to clean up in hopes of quickly returning to business as usual.

Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker said Wednesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would begin removing clay dikes throughout the city on Thursday. The corps has also agreed to remove [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neighbors tie yellow ribbons near ND home of American journalist imprisoned in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — Neighbors and friends in the hometown of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran came together last month to fill sandbags to fight off the rising Red River. Now they&#8217;re joining to tie yellow ribbons around the trees near Roxana Saberi&#8217;s home and urge her release from prison.

&#8220;We needed to show some signs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ND towns hopeful flood threat has eased after bridge opens, water forecast at dam lowered</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VALLEY CITY, N.D. — North Dakota towns battling floods felt more hope Tuesday after officials said a bridge would reopen into one stricken town and the flood threat eased at a dam protecting another town.

&#8220;It feels good,&#8221; said Valley City Mayor Mary Lee Nielson of the reopening of a bridge at one of her town&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motor Coach Industries, owner of Pembina bus plant, emerges from bankruptcy protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Macpherson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISMARCK, N.D. — Motor Coach Industries Inc., which makes commuter buses and luxury motor coaches, says it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a new majority owner.

The Schaumburg, Ill.-based company operates a bus plant in Pembina, in northeast North Dakota that employs about 245 people. MCI said Monday that it emerged from bankruptcy [...]]]></description>
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