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\u00a0GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – The U.S. Marshals Service says no foul play is suspected in the death of a deputy marshal who was found dead in his vehicle in a Grand Forks parking lot.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Police Chief John Packett identified the man as 46-year-old Robert Wood. He was found dead in a residential neighborhood Wednesday morning.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. Marshal Paul Ward says an autopsy is planned but results aren’t likely to be released for weeks.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Grand Forks Herald reports that Wood served in the Air Force before joining the Marshals Service. He was transferred from Washington, D.C., to Grand Forks in 1994.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Democratic candidate for North Dakota’s Public Service Commission says two Republican commissioners have been “flouting the spirit” of the state’s anti-bribery law.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brad Crabtree says Republican commissioners Brian Kalk and Kevin Cramer have taken campaign contributions from companies they regulate.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crabtree says the money came in when Kalk and Cramer made decisions favoring the companies.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kalk says his campaign donations are legal and Crabtree’s bribery allegations are “ridiculous.”
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cramer says Crabtree won’t file a bribery complaint himself because he knows there’s nothing to it.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At a Thursday news conference in Bismarck, Crabtree says public service commissioners should have to separately disclose any donations they get from companies they regulate.
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crabtree says the commissioners should excuse themselves from making decisions on companies that are campaign supporters.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Backers of a complete smoking ban in bars
\nand other North Dakota workplaces say they have enough petition
\nsignatures to put the issue to a vote.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The anti-smoking initiative is one of six measures that could be
\non the November ballot this fall. If it qualifies, it will be
\nlisted as Measure 3.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Supporters of the smoking ban turned in more than 21,000
\nsignatures to Secretary of State Al Jaeger’s office Thursday.<\/p>\n
They need only about 13,500 names to get on the ballot.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 West Fargo respiratory therapist Chelsey Matter is the
\ncampaign’s chairwoman.<\/p>\n
She says volunteers gathered names in every
\ncounty, and there appears to be widespread support for the
\nworkplace smoking ban.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North Dakota already prohibits smoking in most enclosed public
\nplaces, but the proposed new law is tougher.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – The Three Affiliated Tribes wants to offer
\nriverboat gambling on Lake Sakakawea.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The North Dakota tribe’s gambling compact with the state expires
\nat the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Tribal Chairman Tex Hall wants riverboat gambling added to the next compact. He says it could be another opportunity for the tribally owned 4 Bears Casino west of New Town.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An attorney for Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the Spirit Lake
\nNation’s gambling compact allows that tribe to conduct gambling on
\nDevils Lake, though the tribe hasn’t done it yet.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A draft of a new compact for the Three Affiliated Tribes would
\nallow riverboat gambling within the boundaries of the Fort Berthold
\nReservation.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0FARGO, N.D. (AP) – The starting running back for North Dakota
\nState University is requesting jury trials in state district court
\non two charges of driving with a suspended license.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Forum newspaper reports that Sam Ojuri was stopped by police
\non June 5 and July 14. Both of the charges against him are
\nmisdemeanors punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ojuri has run into trouble in the past. The junior from
\nBarrington, Ill., pleaded guilty in January to an alcohol offense
\nand was fined $100.<\/p>\n
He was suspended from the team in spring 2010
\nfor an undisclosed violation of team rules and reinstated in
\nJanuary 2011.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NDSU is the defending NCAA Football Championship Subdivision
\nchampion.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In sports…<\/p>\n
\u00a0FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University is the
\npreseason pick to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference
\ntitle.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Bison are the defending NCAA Football Championship
\nSubdivision champions.<\/p>\n
They shared the conference title last season
\nwith Northern Iowa, which is second in the preseason poll conducted
\nby league coaches, media and sports information directors.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NDSU returns six starters on offense and seven on defense from a
\nteam that finished 14-1. The Bison received 37 of 38 first-place
\nvotes in the preseason poll. The other went to Illinois State.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Youngstown State is third in the poll, Illinois State fourth and
\nIndiana State fifth.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The rest of the top ten is South Dakota State, Southern
\nIllinois, South Dakota, Western Illinois and Missouri State.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
LONDON (AP) – She’s known at “The Flying Squirrel,” but now
\nGabby Douglas will also be known as Olympic champ.<\/p>\n
Two days after she and her “Fierce Five” teammates captured the team gold medal in gymnastics, Douglas has won the women’s all-around title in
\nLondon.<\/p>\n
She brought the house down with an energetic floor routine
\non the way to a victory over Russia’s Viktoria Komova.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In world and national news…<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) – Mitt Romney is giving President Barack
\nObama’s economic policies a failing grade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And he’s promising to create 12 million jobs in his first four years in office.<\/p>\n
Romney told a Denver-area rally that his Democratic opponent has
\ndisappointed the nation.<\/p>\n
He shared a report card giving Obama poor
\nmarks on job creation, foreclosures and American incomes.<\/p>\n
The former Massachusetts governor is also promising to make North
\nAmerica energy independent in eight years.<\/p>\n
Romney is campaigning across Colorado on his first day back on the campaign trail after a bumpy overseas trip. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats have defeated a Republican
\neffort to force defense contractors to send out notices of possible
\nlayoffs just four days before the election.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Democrats said the move was politically driven — and also, purely speculative, since it’s still not known if and where $110 billion in automatic cuts might occur.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal officials say they are investigating
\nwhat happened when three commuter jets flew too close to one
\nanother near Washington.<\/p>\n
But they say none of three planes ever were on a collision course.<\/p>\n
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration told reporters today that none of the planes was ever headed directly for one of the others. Officials blame a miscommunication among controllers for Tuesday’s incident.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NEW YORK (AP) – NBC says of all the Olympic sports it is airing
\non its cable networks, the one that has proven most popular with
\nviewers is archery — drawing even better ratings than basketball.<\/p>\n
A network official says the interest may be due in part to the
\npopularity of “The Hunger Games” getting young people interested
\nin bows and arrows.<\/p>\n
And American archer Brady Ellison is also a big draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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