"The Democrat raised $52 million in June, up from $22 million in May. Republican John McCain's June take was $22 million. By Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer July 18, 2008 ...
For once it was true: one vote could have made all the difference." BISMARCK, N.D. - Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high. "I dare say a half-dozen people usually make it to the polls," he said. That...
"Not even those on ballot turn out to vote in tiny North Dakota town By JAMES MacPHERSON, AP Posted: 2008-06-15 21:28:09 BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) - Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high."I dare say a...
" SAN FRANCISCO — Under pressure to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, Best Buy Co. is testing a free program that will offer consumers a convenient way to ensure that millions...
"T. Boone Pickens.Just his name conjures images of gushing oil strikes and four-pound steaks. But maybe his name should bring up images of windmills and pork.First the windmills - that’s his next big...
You know those Midas commercials, “Trust the Midas touch”? Maybe there should be a disclaimer on how far that ‘touch’ really goes. These photos were shot in Grand Forks, ND on the weekend of a Midas sign...
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A study has shown that the upper Midwest United States has the worst drunk driving rate in teh country. Must be something about those Northern climates..."The upper Midwest has the worst drunken driving rates in the country, according to a government report that says 15...
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AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Using tiny brushes and chisels, workers picking at a big greenish-black rock in the basement of North Dakota's state museum are meticulously uncovering something amazing: a nearly complete...
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For the fifteenth year in a row, CQ Press has announced their rankings for the safest and most-dangerous states. Not too many surprises, but I would like to know, what makes New Hampshire the safest...
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It is such a rare find. A complete mummified dinosaur, skin and all. Staff at North Dakota's state museum are carefully freeing the dinosaur from its 65-million-year-old rock tomb. There are only a few mummified...
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Salvia is the new weed, or so the journalists are saying. But salvia sounds a lot more, ahhh, interesting shall we say. A quick fix legal hallucinogen sounds ideal for those days which feel like they'll never end....
Wowaditaka, "to not be afraid of anything," is how the fellow soldiers of the North Dakota 164th Infantry Regiment who fought alongside Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble remember him during the battles of...
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Letter from Patti Solis Doyle, Campaign Manager
David Plouffe, Campaign ManagerObama for AmericaP.O. Box 8102Chicago, IL 60680
Dear David:
Congratulations again on your victories Tuesday night. As Senator Obama declared, it was a great evening for Democrats.
One of...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards postponed campaign events in Alabama and North Dakota to make a major policy address on poverty Wednesday in New Orleans, where he launched his...