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BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Berg pulled fewer votes than other Republicans at the top of the state’s ticket.

A University of North Dakota political science professor said Democratic candidate Heidi Heitkamp did a better job getting supporters to the polls.

Mark Jendrysik said Heitkamp had a more charismatic campaign style and better television advertising than Berg.

He said Heitkamp appeared to enjoy campaigning more.

Heitkamp beat Berg by about 3,000 votes. Berg got about 30,000 fewer votes than Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Berg lost his home county, Cass County, by 10,000 votes.

Berg said he can’t speculate on why he didn’t do as well as other Republicans. He said former President Bill Clinton’s last-minute campaign visit to Fargo probably helped Heitkamp.

In Stutsman County 105 voting ballots were reviewed during the November 6, 2012 election canvass.

33 absentee ballots were rejected, 72 ballots were added.

The absentee ballots were rejected because they were postmarked November 6th, the day of the election, or later. or with signature.

To be counted after the election date, the absentee ballots must be postmarked no later than the day before the elections, but they can be received after that date.

Some were rejected becuase they had signature irregularities, such as the signature on the voter affidavit on the envelope containing the ballot did not match the signature on the application for an absentee ballot.

Also, some voters printed on one form and signed the other, or, the signature on the voter affidavit was omitted.

The official results did not affect the outcome of any of the races, or measures on the ballot.

The 2012 General Elections in Stutsman County have been declared official.

The results are forwarded to the North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office.

The state canvassing board meets on November Tuesday November 13, 2012.

　

DAWSON, N.D. (AP) – Twenty-one steers were killed when a
semitrailer bound from Canada to South Dakota crashed during a
freezing rain storm in North Dakota.
     The Highway Patrol says the semi rolled on its side in a ditch
Friday afternoon off an icy highway near the south central town of
Dawson. Fifty-three steers survived.
     The 24-year-old driver of the semitrailer was not hurt.

 

  FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A homeless man who was struck by a train in
Fargo last week has died.
     Police say 30-year-old Robert Brown died on Sunday. He had been
hospitalized since last Thursday.
     Police say Brown had no permanent address. Authorities say he
was lying across the tracks when he was hit.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – An architect’s report says renovating
the 40-year-old Grand Forks Public Library would cost about $14
million.
     The  figure compares with the $21 million cost of building a new library – a
proposal that voters rejected last year.
     A large part of the cost is getting the library in compliance
with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
     The library is an independent organization that receives funding
from the city and Grand Forks County. Library Director Wendy Wendt
says the library board will meet and discuss its options.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Reproduction of mule deer in North Dakota
appears to be mired at record-low levels.
     The state Game and Fish Department says biologists who took part
in an aerial survey in October counted 1,224 mule deer, a slight
increase from 1,055 last year. The fawn-to-doe ratio of 0.59
equaled the lowest ratio since the survey began in 1954. The
long-term average is 0.92 fawns per doe.
     Big Game Supervisor Bruce Stillings says mule deer densities in
the Badlands haven’t been this low since 1996. He says the three
consecutive harsh winters beginning in 2008 were devastating to the
population.
     Last winter was one of the mildest on record, but Stillings says
it’s likely that the reproductive condition of the surviving
females was still poor because of the previous three winters.

 

In Local Sports…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Valley City State University football
team has ended the season as one of the top 25 NAIA teams in the
country.
The Vikings finished the season 7-3 and are ranked No. 24 in the final coaches’ poll.
No other team in the Dakotas is ranked. Georgetown of Kentucky
is the top-ranked team.

The 16-team NAIA playoffs begin Nov. 17.

　

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The CIA is denying a claim made by David
Petraeus’ biographer and girlfriend that the agency held militants
in Libya before the attack on the U.S. consulate two months ago.
Speaking last month at the University of Denver, Paula Broadwell
said the CIA had detained people at a secret facility in Benghazi,
and the attack on the U.S. consulate there was an effort to free
those prisoners.

President Barack Obama issued an executive order
in January of 2009 stripping the CIA of its authority to take
prisoners.

The move means the CIA can no longer operate secret
jails across the globe as it had done under the administration of
President George W. Bush.
     
     WASHINGTON (AP) – Although some key lawmakers say they didn’t
know about David Petraeus’ affair until the story broke on Friday,
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor apparently caught wind of it
nearly two weeks earlier.

An aide says Cantor heard about it from an FBI source he didn’t know, and his office was in touch with the FBI a few days later. The FBI wouldn’t confirm or deny that there was an investigation, but assured Cantor’s office that it was
acting to protect national security.
     
     INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The owner of one of the homes that exploded
Saturday night in Indianapolis says he thinks he knows what may
have caused the blast.

It killed two people and damaged dozens of homes so badly that they will have to be demolished. John Shirley says his daughter, who lived in the home, sent him a text last week complaining that the furnace had gone out.

She had gone with her mother and the mother’s boyfriend to stay at a hotel.

     
     HOUSTON (AP) – Jurors in Houston are deliberating whether to
convict a woman of felony murder after a fire last year at her home
day care killed four children who had been left alone.

Jessica Tata (TAH’-tah) faces up to life in prison on one of four counts of
felony murder.

Prosecutors say Tata left the children home alone and with oil cooking on a stove burner while she went shopping.
Three children were also hurt in the blaze.
     
     NEW YORK (AP) – The producers of “Sesame Street” say the
puppeteer who performs as “Elmo” has been given a leave of
absence so he can “protect his reputation.”

 Kevin Clash is fighting allegations that he had a relationship with a 16-year-old boy.

The charges were first made in June by the alleged partner,
who by then was 23. Sesame Workshop says its investigation found no
evidence to back up the charge of underage conduct.