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CSi Weather…<\/p>\n\u00a0BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2013 U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp wants a hearing and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says he won\u2019t vote for President Barack Obama\u2019s U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Obama announced Wednesday that he\u2019s nominating federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the high court.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Senate Republicans say they won\u2019t fill the seat until after the presidential election and won\u2019t consider the Democratic president\u2019s nominees.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heitkamp, a Democrat, urged a hearing and a vote on the nomination. She says some U.S. senators are \u201cplaying politics with our highest court.\u201d
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Republican Hoeven says any nominee by Obama \u201cwill support the president\u2019s regulatory agenda, which is counter to the interests of North Dakota.\u201d
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The GOP-led Senate must confirm Garland\u2019s nomination for him to serve on the court.<\/p>\n
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In sports…<\/p>\n
\u00a0FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota State University quarterback Carson Wentz will have his pro day next week.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wentz and nine other Bison seniors will work out for NFL team officials on March 24 at the Fargodome. The event is closed to the public.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wentz is considered one of the top quarterback prospects in the upcoming NFL draft.<\/p>\n
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In world and national news…<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve is keeping short-term interest rates unchanged. Citing the risks posed by global economic and financial turmoil, Fed policymakers now envision making just two rate hikes this year, rather than the four previously estimated. The central bank raised the short-term rate it controls in December from nearly zero to a range between 0.25 percent and 0.5 percent. In their statement, Fed policymakers also expressed a slightly more optimistic view of the unemployment rate for the next few years.\u00a0
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) – Appeals court judge Merrick Garland it’s a judge’s job to set aside personal preferences to “follow the law, not make it.” And that’s the kind of jurist he says he’s tried to be for the last 18 years. President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the Supreme Court Wednesday, calling him “one of America’s sharpest legal minds” and deserving of a full hearing and Senate confirmation vote. However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says vacant high court seat should not be filled until a new president is elected, and Garland’s nomination will not be considered.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WASHINGTON (AP) – Advocacy groups on opposite sides of the political spectrum are taking issue with President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve on the Supreme Court. The National Republican Senatorial Committee describes federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland as a “liberal, an activist and one of Obama’s most reliable allies in the judicial system.” But Democracy for America, a group started by former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, says it’s deeply disappointed that Obama didn’t add “another progressive woman of color to the court,” adding that Obama’s selection of Garland looks like appeasement.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BRUSSELS (AP) – Italy’s coast guard says about 2,500 people have been rescued in more than a dozen operations in the Straits of Sicily over the past two days. Three bodies also have been recovered. After a recent lull in crossings to Italy from Libya, the numbers mark a dramatic increase. In years past, warmer weather and calmer seas in spring and summer have often led to a surge in smuggling activity from north Africa toward Italy.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Don’t expect Michelle Obama to follow the path of Hillary Clinton. Speaking at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas Wednesday, the first lady broke into song when reflecting on seven years in the White House, softly crooning the Boyz II Men hit “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday.” She says she’ll miss interacting with people as first lady, but she has no presidential aspirations.<\/p>\n
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