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Wildlife group sues for bat-disease documents

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

HELENA, Mont. (AP) A wildlife advocacy group is suing the U.S. Forest Service for the release of documents that discuss the agency’s plans to keep a disease that has already killed millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada from spreading to the Northern Rocky Mountains. Continue Reading

RFK Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary, found dead in NY

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

NEW YORK (AP) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday.
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Dunn County to allow crew camps

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

MANNING Dunn County will lift its crew camp moratorium June 1, county commissioners decided at today’s meeting at the Dunn County Courthouse. Continue Reading

Board tightens policies for international students after trouble at DSU

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK The State Board of Higher Education is working to tighten admission policies for international students after fake transcripts and bogus degrees became evident at Dickinson State University. Continue Reading

Suspect groom made odd phone call

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

CHICAGO (AP) The sister of a bride found stabbed to death in suburban Chicago says her new brother-in-law called a relative on the day the body was found and said he left her bleeding after a “bad fight.” Continue Reading

Dickinson on its way to getting first crew camp

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Camp may be fully operational by the end of next year. Continue Reading

Students in tornado-hit Ind. town await ‘Lady A’

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Tornadoes battered their school and their homes. Their spring break was filled with cleanup and recovery work that has only just begun. But for one night, students at a southern Indiana high school hope to put all that aside to enjoy an evening that one of country music’s biggest acts planned just for them.
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Dickinson gets $300K fed grant for low-income housing

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Dickinson has been awarded a $300,000 federal grant to buy land for low-income apartments in the city.

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Cops: NY man shoots friend in leg at his request

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

STOCKHOLM, N.Y. (AP) Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.
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Judge sentences ND man on illegal weapons charges

May 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) A federal judge says a North Dakota man must serve more than eight years in prison on illegal weapons charges.
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