Red River Rising in North Dakota: Fargo Sandbags Against Flood

A 20-mile wall of temporary clay and more than 1 million sandbags were set up in downtown Fargo to keep the area from flooding as waters rose in the Red River that runs along the border of North Dakota and...

Gene Masseth and 'Heywood Jablome' Trick Fargo Forum

A photo of Gene Masseth and "Heywood Jablome" digging a car out of a snowdrift has gone viral. It's only funny if you say the names out loud. Apparently, though, a reporter from the Fargo Forum didn't quite get...

Roxana Saberi Back on US Soil

American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport today, after spending a week in Vienna recuperating. "Roxana Saberi told reporters upon her arrival that singing the...

Fargo's Red River level predicted to be 36 feet by Thursday

Fargo's Red River level is predicted to be 36 feet by Thursday, meaning that the level will fall to a relatively safe height and residents are hoping that the threat of flooding will be over. It is currently at just above 38 feet and the National Weather Service is saying...

Flooding in Fargo, N.D. retreats as snowstorm approaches

With Red River flooding easing in Fargo, North Dakota, locals are bracing for a winter storm, which many fear can damage the sandbag levees protecting the city from being flooded. The storm is expected to bring...

Fargo's rising flood waters puts Manitoba Military on alert

Fargo's rising Red River broke a record today by rising to a level not seen in 112 years, and the Canadian Military in Manitoba has been put on alert to help prevent the flooding in that region. The Mayor of Fargo...

Man who is unable to make $ growing and selling pot in Canada ...

How dumb do you have to be to lose money with a grow-op?  I think this guy needs to go to prison so he can learn to be a more successful criminal.  " Crown defends seizure of grow-op home   By BRETT CLARKSON, SUN MEDIAThe Toronto...

Evacuations as Fargo Faces Record Flooding

Update: Travel on major roads in Fargo will be forbidden as of midnight tonight. Mandatory evacuations were ordered in two neighborhoods, and voluntary evacuations are in effect for those who live between the...

Workers From India Plan Fast and Prayer Vigil From Cells

" A supporter of 23 workers from India who are jailed in Fargo on illegal immigration charges say the workers will start a 24-hour fast and prayer vigil today.Saket Soni of the Workers Center for Racial Justice says the co-called ``Cass 23'' are victims of a human trafficking...

English Only Ringleader Eric Crafton Is Driven More by Ideals Than Politics...

"English Only Ringleader Eric Crafton Is Driven More by Ideals Than Politics—Which May Be Worse Caleb Hannan Published on December 03, 2008 at 12:03pm Kasar Abdulla speaks English, though it is not her native tongue. A Kurdish refugee, she still remembers the day her aunt...

Wheelchair athlete sets high goals

A story of courage and determination.  Juvenile diabetes and type two diabetes are both killers for which research must be continued to find a cure...This reporter has hiked some of the trails that this...

Probing Golden West

"NEW YORK (AP) - The Department of Justice is investigating the mortgage lending practices of Golden West Financial Corp., the savings and loan bought by Wachovia Corp. for $24 billion at the height of the housing boom in 2006.U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello told The...

“Banks: We are making loans after bailout” CYA (cover you’re a… ) ?

“Banks: We are making loans after bailout” Senate panel concerned money is going toward compensation, acquisitions Story posted by msnbc.msn.com   I’m sure quite a few companies are trying to do a lot...

UK may debate joining euro currency due to crisis

The british pound is to weak to survive the financial remake, will the Europeans be happy UK joining the Eurozone with a start capital of a dried out pound in debit ? " BERLIN (Reuters) - The financial markets...

US to unveil $250bn Europe-style banking bail-out, recomended by US Nobel Pri...

US follows Europe style bank rescue system, recomended by American Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Paul Krugman, columinist New York Times Blog " By James Quinn in New York Last Updated: 7:12AM BST 14 Oct 2008 ...

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