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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
Lawmaker: Another military sex case 'sickening'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers say they're outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct.By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer , May 15, 2013
Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe.By Nomaan Merchant and Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press , May 15, 2013
Conn. chef set to feast on cicadas during invasion
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut chef Bun Lai is already known for his Mexican grasshopper dish and his fried rice with meal worms and crickets. But he might soon also be recognized as the cicada chef.By Associated Press , May 15, 2013
City sues parking meter 'Robin Hood' group
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The city of Keene, N.H., has sued a group that feeds change into parking meters that are about to expire, saying members are harassing enforcement officers.By Associated Press , May 15, 2013
House panel set to OK cut in food stamp program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Agriculture Committee is considering a five-year farm bill that would make small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press , May 15, 2013
Soldier in sexual assault office accused of abuse
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct. He has been suspended from all duties.By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer , May 15, 2013
2013 deficit estimate lowered to $642 billion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago, a development that could further curb the already slowing momentum for a budget pact this year.By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press , May 15, 2013
Hearing begins on fine for Ore. airport stripper
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who stripped naked at Portland International Airport to protest what he saw as an invasive security check went to court Tuesday to contest the federal government's proposal to fine him $1,000.By Lauren Gambino, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.By John Miller, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Boy gets handwritten response from Biden on chocolate bullets
MILWAUKEE (AP) — It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpectedly personal response.By Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Minnesota Gov. Dayton signs gay marriage bill
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers cheered.By Patrick Condon, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads
NEW YORK (AP) — The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer.By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer , May 14, 2013
Roller coaster to be removed from ocean in NJ
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Top IRS official didn't reveal tea party targeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated "a lack of sensitivity" in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won't be repeated.By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground.By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press , May 14, 2013
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