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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
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
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
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
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
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
By Mark Clarke Jalonick, Associated Press , June 11, 2013
List of chairs and vice chairs
List of chairs and vice chairsJune 11, 2013
Interim committees set
BISMARCK — No Democratic state lawmaker will serve as a chair or vice-chair of an interim committee during the 2013-14 interim session. This was a concern Monday for the Democratic members on the Legislative Management Committee, the 17 state senators and representatives that oversee the interim session.By TJ Jerke , June 11, 2013
Land use plan will go to City Council
A future land use plan designed to help Jamestown envision and guide future zoning decisions and city growth will be passed on to the Jamestown City Council for approval, the Jamestown Planning Commission decided Monday.By Kari Lucin , June 11, 2013
Feds to comply with NY morning-after pill ruling
The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions.By Associated Press , June 11, 2013
Merkel, Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of the U.S. National Security Agency's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President Barack Obama here next week — the latest sign of the international backlash over America's sweeping electronic surveillance programs.By Associated Press , June 10, 2013
Journalist: Snowden fled U.S. fearing unfair trial
HONG KONG (AP) — The American intelligence contractor who disclosed U.S. government surveillance programs fled to Hong Kong because he believed he wouldn't get a fair trial in his home country, the journalist who broke the story said Monday.By Associated Press , June 10, 2013
House Democrat pushes for repeal of military force law
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Congress need to rethink the broad authority for the use of military force in the war on terror, a law written when many U.S. troops now on the battlefield were on playgrounds, a House Democrat who wants the law repealed said Monday.By Associated Press , June 10, 2013
EXPLAINER: What's the problem with PRISM?
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the federal government went looking for phone numbers tied to terrorists, it grabbed the records of just about everyone in America.By Associated Press , June 10, 2013
NDDOT to begin mowing highway shoulders
The North Dakota Department of Transportation will begin mowing the top cut along shoulders of state highways within the next few weeks when weather conditions allow.June 10, 2013
Companies at Minn.-ND border critical of taxes
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 10, 2013
Heitkamp to speak farm bill before Senate today
At approximately 4:10 p.m. central time today, shortly before the Senate will vote on final passage of the 2013 Farm Bill, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., will call on colleagues to support the legislation.By Sun Staff , June 10, 2013
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