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Update: Baldelli hired, next Twins manager

MINNEAPOLIS  (AP)  The Minnesota Twins hired Rays assistant coach Rocco Baldelli as their new manager Thursday, seeking a young voice to help revive a struggling team. The 37-year-old Baldelli replaces Paul Molitor, who was fired after four seasons with a 305-343 record . Baldelli will be the youngest manager in […]

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Ford Focus 2012 to 2018 models Recall

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 1.3 million Focus compact cars in the U.S. because a fuel system problem can cause the engines to stall without warning.The recall covers cars from the 2012 through 2018 model years with 2-liter four-cylinder engines. Ford says a valve in the fuel system […]

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Biden, DeNiro largest targets of pipe Bombs

Update… WASHINGTON  (AP)  A law enforcement official says a second package addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden has been intercepted at a mail facility in Wilmington, Delaware. The official says it has similar markings and characteristics as the packages containing bombs sent to other prominent Democrats. The official said […]

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Jimmie men, women down Presentation

Wednesday   College basketball… Wednesday Women… Jamestown 71 Presentation 49 Jamestown  (uj.edu)  The University of Jamestown women’s basketball team outscored Presentation (S.D.) College 41-21 in the second and third quarters on the way to a 71-49 victory Wednesday night at Harold Newman Arena. UJ’s burst turned a slim 13-9 advantage […]

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Semi, combine crash injures Oakes man

Oakes  (NDHP)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports one injury in a two vehicle crash, Tuesday, at 9:30-a.m., five miles south and two and half miles east of Oakes. The report says a 1991 Freightliner, operated by 37 year old Daryell Simpson of Oakes was pulling a trailer loaded with […]

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Trump Jr., to campaign for Cramer, in ND

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s eldest son plans a stop in the heart of North Dakota’s oil patch to campaign for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kevin Cramer. Cramer’s campaign says Donald Trump Jr. will be in Williston on Tuesday. Trump Jr. will be accompanied by his girlfriend, former […]

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Sportscaster, Hank Greenwald passes, 83

San Francisco — Longtime San Francisco Giants broadcaster Hank Greenwald has died at 83. The Giants say he died Monday after battling heart and kidney complications. Greenwald spent 16 seasons as the team’s play-by-play broadcaster. He called Giants games on radio from 1979-86 before leaving for a two-year stint with […]

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Kids Against Hunger, packaging, Jamestown, Nov 3

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Kiwanis Club is excited to be holding their eighth food packing event for Kids Against Hunger and look forward to the opportunity to feed starving families across the region. Since the Kiwanis Club started the project they have packed over 1.1 million meals for those in […]

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Best, Worst baseball cities, ranked

With the 2018 World Series in full gear and tickets to see the games live costing hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on Best Baseball Cities as well as accompanying videos to go along with its World Series Facts – Red […]

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NAIA Division II Preseason Coaches’ Poll

2018-19  Women’s Basketball – NAIA Division II Preseason Coaches’ Poll Women’s Basketball Poll: (1st place votes in parenthesis) 1.Concordia (Neb.) (10) 36-2 311 2 Dakota Wesleyan (1) 32-6 395 7 Southeastern (Fla.) (1) 31-1 290 1 T4. Saint Xavier 32-63 277 4 T4. Marian 32-3 277 5 College of the […]