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U.S. border officials crackdown on chocolate eggs
Border officials have a warning for the Easter bunny: Don’t try to hop into the U.S. with certain chocolate eggs containing plastic toys — if you do, they’ll be seized and destroyed. The Customs and Border Protection agency wants travelers and importers to know that milk chocolate Kinder Surprise eggs are banned in the U.S. because the Consumer Product Safety Commission believes toys inside the eggs pose a choking hazard to kids under 3 years old.By By Archie Ingersoll, Forum Communications Co. , March 10, 2010
Advocates urge Pomeroy to support health plan
Rep. Earl Pomeroy continues to find himself in the spotlight as advocates urge him to support health reform and Republican opponents hammer him on the controversial issue. Reform backers on Tuesday called on Pomeroy, D-N.D., to back the Democratic bill passed by the Senate and soon will go to the House. Mara Solberg, who farms with her husband south of Fargo, spoke at a telephone news conference urging passage of what proponents call affordable reform that would curb health insurance abuses — and what critics call a costly government solution.By By Patrick Springer, Forum Communciations Co. , March 10, 2010
Soldiers returning home by summer
About 550 U.S. soldiers serving with Kosovo Force 12, Multi-National Battle Group-East, will be returning home before summer. About 160 soldiers of the 231st Maneuver Task Force (231st Brigade Support Battalion), Valley City, N.D., and the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of North Dakota are expected home in May versus the initial July or August mission end date.March 10, 2010
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in Calif.
The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid.
By By Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press , March 10, 2010
Probation report cites predatory traits of suspect
A decade-old probation report on a sex offender accused of murdering California teenager Chelsea King contained a psychiatrist's conclusion that the defendant had ``significant predatory traits' toward underage girls and should be kept in prison for as long as possible.March 10, 2010
Same-sex couples wed in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — One bride wore a black suit, the other had on a white one with rhinestones. They walked down the aisle to Billy Joel's ``Just the Way You Are' and kissed after the pastor pronounced them ``legally married.'March 09, 2010
Leibovitz can keep portfolio under new debt deal
NEW YORK (AP) — Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said Tuesday.March 09, 2010
Tribes, justice officials focus on Indian children
The U.S. Interior Department's assistant secretary for Indian Affairs says the federal government and tribal law enforcement officers cannot simply arrest their way out of the problems that plague Indian country.March 09, 2010
Calif. jury: Death for serial killer Rodney Alcala
A California jury has recommended death for convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala in the 1970s slayings of four women and a 12-year-old girl.March 09, 2010
Ohio S.: Employee kills co-worker, then self
Ohio State University says an employee shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself.March 09, 2010
Group disputes sage grouse danger finding
An environmental group is challenging plans by the Interior Department to classify sage grouse as merely a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act and not list the bird as threatened or endangered.March 09, 2010
Detroit considers agriculture
Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile.
By By David Runk, The Associated Press , March 09, 2010
At universities, is better learning a click away?
The students in Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white devices on their desks.March 09, 2010
Not more quakes, just more people in quake zones
First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot.March 09, 2010
'Old Baldy' horse head going back up in Philly
A museum in Philadelphia will once again showcase the head of Old Baldy, the horse Gen. George Meade rode during many of the Civil War's most infamous battles.March 08, 2010
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OUR VOICES Obama? Nobel? You're kidding me.
I woke up at about 9 a.m. this morning to read the news that President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. I actually had to check three news sources (AP, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, plus my friends' facebook pages) before I could believe it. I mean, Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace
Posted by: Logan C. Adams on Oct 9, 2009 at 12:39 PM | It's Good To Be In N.D.
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