DETROIT (AP Aug 21, 2013) – Kia is recalling more than 9,700 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because the front axle can fail and the vehicles can lose power.        The recall affects 2014 Sorento SUVs with 2.4-liter four-cylinder engines and front-wheel-drive. They were built from Jan. 7 […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (Aug 16, 2013) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple today issued the following statement in response to the death of Gen. David C. Jones, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and North Dakota Rough Rider Award recipient. Jones passed away Saturday at a military retirement community in Virginia. He […]

 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Aug 15, 2013)  —  UPS on Thursday identified the pilots of the UPS Cargo Plane that crashed Wednesday while landing at the Birmingham, Ala. airport  as  58 year old Capt. Cerea Beal Jr. of Charlotte, NC,  and First Officer 37 year old Shanda Fanning, of Lynchburg, Tenn. They […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Department of Health has reported the state’s first 2013 West Nile virus death.        West Nile virus program manager Michelle Feist says the woman was older than 60 years old and lived in the southeastern part of the state. She did not […]

By JAY LINDSAY  Associated Press      BOSTON (AP  Aug 12, 2013) – Former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger has been convicted in a string of 11 killings and other underworld crimes.        The 83-year-old Bulger faces life in prison after being convicted Monday of committing or playing a […]