Study: Midwest has the worst drunken driving rates

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...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" 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...

Workers Uncovering Mummified Dinosaur

" 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...

The safest states in the US

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...

Mummified dinosaur unearthed in North Dakota

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...

Let them hallucinate: Salvia to be illegal

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...

Wowaditaka: First Sioux Awarded Medal of Honor

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...

HillaryClinton.com - Media Release

" 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...

Edwards Nixes Campaign Stops for Speech

" 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...

Escape Artist Nabbed Again.

". 'I hope they hang onto him this time,' says sheriff Jason van Rassel, Calgary Herald Published: Friday, October 26, 2007  To the North Dakota sheriff who helped put killer Richard Lee McNair in prison for life, news of his recapture in Canada on Thursday ranks as a...

Civic Conscience: Vietnam Vet Wins $2.98 Million; Will Keep His Business Open...

Ya gotta like this guy. He and a friend are on a mission to get supplies to build a new ice house when his wife calls to say she feels lucky.So he listened, and they both got lucky, with a $2.98 million payout from a Marilyn Monroe-themed jackpot. Despite his new-found...

Analysis: How The US Accidentally Flew Live Nukes Cross-Country

In this analysis, two Washington Post writers take a deep look at how the USAF accidentally flew live nukes cross-country in August. They painstakingly point out how the "domino effect" of multiple errors created what was, in effect, an unknown nuclear crisis in our...

A College Football Radio Legend Begins To Say Goodbye

Athens, GA (Sept 19, 2007) - The year was 1966. Lyndon B. Johnson was president. The Baltimore Orioles won their first World Series 4-0 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Sound of Music won the Oscar™ for Best...

Nuclear Bombs Mistakenly Flown Over US

"A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, prompting an Air Force investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon...

Nuclear missiles mistakenly flown across US

"The cruise missiles were carried across the US by a B-52 bomber. (File photo Getty Images: USAF)""By North America correspondent Kim Landers Posted 1 hour 45 minutes ago Updated 1 hour 31 minutes ago The cruise...

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