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Lone Steer Suing Man Convicted Of Starting Fire

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Oct 5, 2013) – The owners of the former Lone Steer hotel in Steele are suing the man convicted of starting the business on fire for $500,000. The lawsuit also implicates the company for which Allen Thomas worked, identified in the complaint as “XYZ Corporation.”  A […]

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Letterman, CBS Agree To Contract Extension

 NEW YORK (AP Oct 4, 2013) – He’s already been on late-night TV longer than any other host in history. And now, David Letterman has agreed to extend his contract with CBS into 2015. Letterman has been on the air for 31 years since starting at NBC in the time […]

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Army R.O.T.C. To Close Program At NDSU

FARGO, N.D. (AP oCT 4, 2013) – North Dakota State University officials say they have received notice that the U.S. Army will close the school’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corp. program at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year.        NSDU President Dean L. Bresciani says he’s disappointed that […]

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Best Selling Author Tom Clancy Dies

  BALTIMORE (AP Oct 2,2013) – Tom Clancy, the best-selling author of “The Hunt for Red October” and other wildly successful technological thrillers, has died. He was 66.        Penguin Group (USA) said Wednesday that Clancy died Tuesday in Baltimore. The publisher did not disclose a cause of death. […]

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Moose On The Loose, Capital City Area

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Oct 2, 2013) – North Dakota wildlife officials are asking people to give plenty of space to a young bull moose roaming through the Bismarck area.        Bob Timian, chief of enforcement for the state Game and Fish Department, says reports began coming in Monday night […]

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Hoeven Calls For Senate Compromise

WASHINGTON Oct 1, 2013 – Senator John Hoeven Tuesday urged his Senate colleagues to work toward a compromise that will end the government shutdown. His remarks come following the Senate majority’s rejection of a House request for a conference committee to resolve differences over a resolution to continue funding government.   […]

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Corps Of Engineers Campgrounds Closed

OMAHA, Neb. )ct 1, 2013)  – Within the Omaha District, which encompasses Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, Corps-operated campgrounds and day-use parks will be closed. Corps parks leased to partner agencies and concessionaires will remain open, but cannot be supported by the Corps while the shutdown […]

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Midwest Economy, Manufacturing Growth

OMAHA, Neb. (AP Oct 1, 2013) — A new survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states suggests that manufacturing growth will help fuel the regional economy through the end of the year. The overall Mid-America Business Conditions Index climbed for a second straight month in September, rising […]