DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) – A ticket sold in the North Dakota city of Dickinson has won a Wild Card 2 jackpot worth a little more than $673,000.        North Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched all five white balls and the Wild Card in Wednesday’s drawing. The winning […]

 NEW YORK (AP) – With less than a week until Christmas, a real-life Grinch has stolen the credit and debit card information of about 40 million Target shoppers.        Target says anyone who made purchases by swiping cards at terminals in its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (CSi) – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today met with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy to voice concern about the Obama Administration’s proposal to reduce the effectiveness of the Renewable Fuel Standard. Heitkamp believes the proposal, which would reduce the required amount of biofuels produced in the […]

 BISMARCK (AP) – The small North Dakota town of Leith is moving to condemn and demolish the home of a white supremacist who has tried to take over the town but has instead ended up jailed on felony terrorizing charges.        Mayor Ryan Schock says Leith is condemning Craig […]

Menards, a chain of home-improvement stores in the Midwest, is recalling 1,800 pre-lit artificial Christmas trees because the lights may overheat, start a fire or cause an electric shock. The artificial trees were sold for about $300 exclusively at Menards stores between September and November, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety […]

     CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) – A Colorado sheriff says a student who shot two others before apparently killing himself at a Denver-area high school is believed to have acted alone.        Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson says the shooter entered Arapahoe High School in Centennial on Friday armed with […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Metrodome roof will deflate for the last time next month.        Mortenson Construction, the contractor building the new Minnesota Vikings stadium, says Friday it will cut the Metrodome’s power on Jan. 18. Company vice president John Wood says the first step after that is to […]

 FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A Fargo judge who is facing a suspension over sexual harassment allegations says he won’t seek re-election.        East Central District Court Judge Wickham Corwin makes the announcement in a letter to the Cass County Bar Association obtained by The Associated Press. In it, he […]

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) – The U.S. Geological Survey says a small early morning earthquake rumbled in the Black Hills.        KOTA radio  reports that sensors detected the quake in Custer State Park near the Black Hills Playhouse and Center Lake at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday.        The location […]