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If you have special needs, emergency preparedness plan should be high priority
With flood risks about to increase quickly in parts of the Northern Plains, and with a spring and summer of weather warnings ahead, the need for emergency preparedness becomes more apparent. Thats es...
Posted on 4/24/13 at 1:02 PM
Lies about the Boston Bombing
Conspiracy theories about the Boston bombing continue to be posted today. Please don't be gullible enough to fall for this stuff, folks--anyone who claims to know what happened at this point is not b...
Posted on 4/17/13 at 3:55 PM
One bridge spared, two on the way out?
Sioux Falls' local bridge receives a new life; Wheeling Suspension Bridge failing; Sewell Falls Bridge to be razed and replaced With Sequestration (the process of initializing automatic budget cu...
Posted on 3/4/13 at 7:29 AM
Hope and love
I'm lucky that my daughter is only 3 months old. I don't have to explain to her why some piece of garbage would break into a school and murder first-graders and teachers. All I have to do is hold her...
Posted on 12/16/12 at 5:28 PM
Photo blog: A day at Theodore Roosevelt National Park
MEDORA, N.D. - I took a break from Oil Patch reporting on Saturday and spent the day with family in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I didn't notice many signs of oil development while we explored...
Posted on 8/6/12 at 7:03 AM
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
NEW YORK (AP) — It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.By Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press , May 21, 2013
Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders.By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer , May 20, 2013
Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills at least 51
By Associated Press , May 20, 2013
Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days — 384 times, up and around — bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite.By Associated Press , May 20, 2013
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill.By Erica Werner, Associated Press , May 20, 2013
Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times.By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer , May 20, 2013
School near Oklahoma City directly hit by tornado
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado.May 20, 2013
Education Department gives 3 more states waivers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three more states have received permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.By Philip Elliott, Associated Press , May 20, 2013
US gas prices up 11 cents over past 2 weeks
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.By Associated Press , May 20, 2013
Tornadoes level homes in Okla., hit other states
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter.By Sean Murphy, Associated Press , May 20, 2013
What do we eat? New food map will tell us
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought.By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press , May 19, 2013
Hofstra student killed by police during break-in
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.By Frank Eltman, Associated Press , May 19, 2013
Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.By Associated Press , May 19, 2013
Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) — An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident.By Associated Press , May 19, 2013
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.By Associated Press , May 19, 2013
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