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Melky Cabrera Requests Disqualification From Batting Title

                                                  NEW YORK (AP) – Melky Cabrera has been disqualified from the National League batting title at his own request.      Major League Baseball and the players’ association said Friday that they agreed to change the rule governing the individual batting, slugging and on-base percentage champions for this season.      […]

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Man Identified, Killed In Industrial Accident,Near Hankinson

      HANKINSON, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a 55-year-old man who died in an industrial accident after getting entangled in some equipment. Dean Louis Marschel, of Annandale, Minn., was found dead Thursday morning when the Richland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a gravel pit area about […]

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County Clerk Called To Jury Duty

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Longtime Burleigh County Clerk of Court Deb Simenson during her career has sent jury duty summons to her husband and two sons. Now, she can add her own name to that list.      Simenson uses a computer program to randomly select names from lists of voters […]

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Former Firefighter Sentenced For Arson

                                                  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Belcourt man who was a member of the town’s Rural Fire Department has been sentenced for arson. Thirty-seven-year-old Joseph Morin was accused of trying to burn down his former residence where his wife and children lived.      U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says Morin pleaded […]

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Fundraisers Set For James River Humane Society

Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The James River Humane Society has fundraisers planned in the community. On Friday’s (Sept 21, 2012) Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, President, Jennifer Barnard said, the Lloyd’s Motors fundraiser in in progress, running through October. They are donating a portion of profits from […]

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Hill Still Wants Back In Ring

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The former manager of North Dakota boxer Virgil Hill says he’s trying to convince the fighter not to get back in the ring. Bill Sorensen says he doesn’t think it’s a good idea for the former world champion to fight again at age 48. Hill hasn’t […]

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How Cats Earn Their Stripes

 NEW YORK (AP) – Now we know how the tabby cat earns his stripes. He just needs the right DNA. Scientists say they’ve found the gene that determines which of the common tabby patterns a cat will have. Cats with narrow stripes have a working copy of the gene. If […]

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Larger Pheasant Population in 2012

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A summer survey shows a much larger pheasant population in North Dakota this year, but wildlife officials are urging hunters in some areas to temper expectations because last year’s numbers were low.      The state Game and Fish Department estimates that the number of pheasants statewide […]

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$7-Billion To Keep Up N.D. County, Township Roads

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A new study says it will take up to $7 billion to keep up North Dakota’s county and township roads during the next 20 years.      Denver Tolliver is director of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University. He says $834 million […]