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BOSTON, MA - APRIL 19: (L-R) Stranded travelers Angel Valentin and Rosa Valentin of North Dakota and Puna Nepal and Tika Lamichaney of New York stand outside South Station on April 19, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. South Station was shut down and heavily guarded with police in response to the early morning shootings in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts. After a car chase and shoot out with police, one suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, was shot and killed by police early morning April 19, and a manhunt is underway for his brother and second suspect, 19-year-old suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. The two men, reportedly Chechen origin, are suspects in the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15, that killed three people and wounded at least 170.
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The appetite for fracking gear is leading clothes makers to send research and development teams to consult with oil-field workers in Texas and North Dakota, in the same way Nike Inc. taps elite athletes to test out its track shoes and football cleats.
It’s been seven years since we’ve had a Catholic chaplain in the North Dakota Army National Guard.
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Scenic, struggling S. Illinois braces for oil rush
a process known as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," that has transformed the landscape in places like North Dakota and Pennsylvania .After drilling intensively in many states in the last few years, the industry is now preparing to push into Read more »
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Rivals prepare for legal battles over abortion bans in Arkansas, North Dakota
has said for 40 years," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights .The center will be leading the North Dakota legal challenge and working in Arkansas alongside the American Civil Liberties Union 's state and national offices. Both Read more »
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Painted Canyon overlook in ND to stay closed
"Working with him and the affected communities, we will try to find a way to keep this remarkable sight open so that North Dakotans and visitors from across the nation and around the world can enjoy the beauty of our Badlands."It costs the park about $40,000 Read more »
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Baseball. Wolverines rally but fall in GWC Tournament opener
N.J. -- A late rally couldn't pull Utah Valley University out of a four-run deficit in an 8-7 loss to North Dakota in the opening game of the 2013 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament on Tuesday. The final GWC Tournament is being host at Bears & Eagles 12:30 PM from Utah Valley University Official Athletic Site Read more »
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US budget cuts hit Earth monitoring
flooded Red River isolated houses in North Dakota in 2011. Budget cuts now endanger monitoring. Scott Olson/Getty Images Two kilometres south of the US–Canadian border, in Pembina, North Dakota, a stream gauge measures the height of the water surging down 12:20 PM from Nature.com Read more »
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Monday rainfall sets record in Jamestown
mile marker 249 10 miles west of Jamestown, was closed early Sunday due to water being over the road, according to the North Dakota Highway Patrol and the North Dakota Department of Transportation. The NDDOT reopened both the eastbound and westbound lanes 5/20/13 from Jamestown Sun Read more »
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US Rep Cramer criticized for commencement comments
— U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer is defending comments he made this month linking legalized abortion with school shootings. The North Dakota Republican during a graduation speech at the University of Mary said, "Forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court sanctioned 7:33 AM from San Antonio Express Read more »
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TransUnion: Credit Card Delinquencies and Debt Open 2013 With Declines
Iowa $3,810 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Dakota $3,987 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Dakota $4,038 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:33 AM from iStockAnalyst Read more »
