Alleged Fake Lawyer of Former NHLer Set to Stand Trial

A man accused of impersonating a lawyer has made an appearance in a North Dakota courtroom. Howard Keiffer pleaded not guilty to felony charges that include mail fraud and impersonating a lawyer in at least 10...

North Dakota town gets voter turnout of zero

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

"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...

A waxwork of Hitler to be displayed at Berlin Tussauds

The new Madame Tussauds in Berlin has defended its decision to include a waxwork of Adolf Hitler among the famous faces.Although you will not be allowed to have your picture taken with it apparently. Who would...

Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear

For most people there are only two good reasons to ride a bike: (1) It's just plain fun to be outdoors and (2) It's really good for you. Lots of people talk about biking but this year is different - the price of...

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...

Thousands flap for snow angel record

Among the thousands of people frantically flapping in the snow Saturday in an attempt to set the record for the most snow angels ever made were parents, children, even snowplow drivers. And then there was Pauline...

8,000 North Dakotans try to break snow angel record

There is one amazing photo, shot from above, of everyone lying on the ground making the angels, but there are oddly few photos out there from on the ground. Do any of you NowPublic readers out there have photos of this? Were any of you at the event? Let us know! "BISMARCK,...

After the pope, now Mozart?

"Otto von Bismarck, the Prussian prime minister and prominent statesman of Germany in the Nineteenth century said "An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts". However, this is the twenty first...

FDR Let It Happen On Purpose

January 27, 1941 :: The American Ambassador to Tokyo, Joseph C. Grew, informed President Roosevelt's State Department that Pearl Harbor would be the first target in the event of trouble with the Japanese.  

Introducing A New Look Princess Beatrice

A stark new official portrait of Princess Beatrice

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