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The Internet and the U.S. Government
With every new technology comes the potential for either good or evil. How will the U.S. government's use of digital technology to spy be judged? Dynamite can clear the way for a new road through a m...
Posted on 6/10/13 at 8:54 AM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2382/50/50/ SOCIAL SECURITY: INFORMATION & UPDATES
Sources of Social Security income
Last weeks 2013 Social Security Board of Trustees report press release stated, Income including interest to the combined OASDI Trust Funds amounted to $840 billion in 2012. ($590 billion in net contri...
Posted on 6/5/13 at 4:35 PM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/1385/50/50/ THE BRIDGEHUNTER'S CHRONICLES
Newsflyer 24 May 2013
          Major Truss Bridge Collapses in Washington, another Ohio River Truss Bridge Doomed, another Iowa Truss Bridge's future in Limbo, Hope for Minnesota Bridge? O...
Posted on 5/24/13 at 4:29 AM
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Deception, Deceit, Dishonesty -- Is This Our 3-D World?
You younger women -- under 35 -- may find this odd, but not so many years ago, a married woman did not appear on a credit card account as a real person. As the wife of her husband, she was presumab...
Posted on 5/1/13 at 1:53 PM
http://media.fccinteractive.com/voices/2680/50/50/ BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH DAKOTA
Hoax message on Medicare rate hike
So, in our last post, we did a little fact checking on the health insurance numbers used during the presidential debate. Today, we've got another tidbit for you - this one about an email titled "a Mes...
Posted on 10/9/12 at 1:22 PM
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NJ town approves boardwalk ban on saggy pants

Wearing your pants too low in one New Jersey shore resort town is about to get expensive.

By Associated Press , June 12, 2013

Researcher: Tribes vary greatly on medical studies

Native American tribes are interested in taking part in medical research studies but tribes vary greatly on what is considered culturally acceptable, a Native American public health investigator said Wednesday.

By Associated Press , June 12, 2013

Water recedes from US Highway 2, ND Highway 53

The North Dakota Department of Transportation says water has receded from U.S. Highway 2 south of Towner and North Dakota Highway 53 east of Max.

By Associated Press , June 12, 2013

Senate passes farm bill

Senate passes farm bill North Dakota farming organizations say they are pleased progress is being made on a new farm bill after the U.S. Senate passed its version of the bill on Monday.

By Chris Olson , June 12, 2013

Nicaragua rushes on for canal deal with Chinese

Nicaragua is plowing ahead with a plan to dig a Chinese-funded rival to the Panama Canal across the midriff of the country, fast-tracking a proposal through the ruling party-controlled congress despite a lack of details about the $40 billion project.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

Tribal leaders focus on energy development hurdles

Federal and tribal politics and bureaucracy remain some of the reasons energy development has been so difficult in Indian Country, American Indian leaders said Tuesday.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

Calif. readies for possible return of gay marriage

Planning a party for thousands of people would be a challenge under the best of circumstances. Now imagine trying to pull off such a gathering without knowing what day it should happen or if there even will be cause for celebration.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

Senator says intel chief was not forthcoming

One of the staunchest critics of government surveillance programs said Tuesday that the national intelligence director did not give him a straight answer last March when he asked whether the National Security Agency collects any data on millions of Americans.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

France threatens veto of EU-US trade deal

A cloud is hanging over the upcoming free-trade talks between the European Union and the United States after France said it won't back any deal that threatens the country's prestigious film, radio or TV industries.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

Levees, removable walls in plan to protect NYC

Removable flood walls would be set up for much of lower Manhattan, a 15-to-20-foot levee would guard part of Staten Island and gates and levees would shield Brooklyn as part of a nearly $20 billion plan Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed Tuesday to protect New York City from storms and the effects of global warming.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

Wyden cites contradiction in eavesdropping answer

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the staunchest critics of government surveillance programs said Tuesday that the national intelligence director did not give him a straight answer last March when he asked whether the National Security Agency collects any data on millions of Americans.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

Ellsberg: No leaks more significant than Snowden's

KENSINGTON, Calif. (AP) — Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg calls the revelations by a government contractor on U.S. secret surveillance programs the most “significant disclosure” in the nation's history.

June 11, 2013

Hoeven, Heitkamp both support Senate farm bill

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's U.S. senators both support the Senate's version of the next farm bill, saying it enhances crop insurance, continues the sugar program and reduces the federal budget deficit.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

Companies at Minn.-N.D. border critical of taxes

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota businesses along the North Dakota border say hikes in Minnesota’s property, sales, gas and cigarette taxes are making it nearly impossible for them to compete with businesses across the state line.

By Associated Press , June 11, 2013

Senate passes updated farm bill

Senate passes updated farm bill WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that expands government subsidies for crop insurance, rice and peanuts while making small cuts to food stamps.

By Mark Clarke Jalonick, Associated Press , June 11, 2013

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