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Bama bashes Notre Dame 42-14 in BCS title game

January 7, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. Alabama rolled to its second consecutive BCS championship, and third in four seasons, beating No. 1 Notre Dame 42-14 in a BCS championship game that was no classic after all. Continue Reading

Isaac washes BP spill oil ashore in Gulf

September 6, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

NEW ORLEANS Laboratory tests show that globs of oil found on two Louisiana beaches after Hurricane Isaac came from the 2010 BP spill. Continue Reading

Bibles and booze mix Sunday mornings at iconic bar

August 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

On a balmy Sunday morning at the Flora-Bama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar, barkeeps set up their stations as churchgoers filtered in. For one hour every Sunday, the Flora-Bama is home to about 450 regular congregants of Worship at the Water, an outreach service of the Perdido Bay United Methodist Church. Continue Reading

Santorum takes Alabama primary

March 13, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Rick Santorum has won Alabama’s Republican presidential primary. The former Pennsylvania senator edged rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to capture the Deep South state. Continue Reading

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Santorum Wins Alabama Primary

March 13, 2012 in WDAZ

WASHINGTON (AP) Rick Santorum has won Alabama’s Republican presidential primary. The former Pennsylvania senator edged rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to capture the Deep South state.
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Santorum Wins Alabama Primary

March 13, 2012 in WDAZ

WASHINGTON (AP) Rick Santorum has won Alabama’s Republican presidential primary. The former Pennsylvania senator edged rivals Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney to capture the Deep South state.
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Primaries in Alabama, Mississippi could clarify race

March 13, 2012 in West Central Tribune

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Mitt Romney hoped to seal his status as the Republican presidential front-runner with a thus-far-elusive victory in the Deep South, a region that has been slow to embrace the former Massachusetts governor. Continue Reading

IN THE SPIRIT: Redemption story with charming, awkward, tearful parts

March 9, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Sometimes we go looking for a story and sometimes the story finds us.
Such is the case with Andy and Jon Erwin, Birmingham, Ala., brothers who grew up playing with cameras in the studio where their dad was a television and radio broadcaster. Continue Reading

Indiana governor to tornado victims: ‘We’re with you’

March 3, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

A string of violent storms demolished small towns in Indiana and cut off rural communities in Kentucky as an early season tornado outbreak killed more than 30 people, and the death toll rose as daylight broke on today’s search for survivors. Continue Reading

Backbone of U.S. safety net: Volunteer ‘disaster junkies’

March 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Rebuilding after storms is becoming a growth industry as the United States is slammed by more natural disasters, and leaders of the response efforts say the nation’s recovery network functions as well as it does because of a backbone of volunteers nicknamed “disaster junkies.” Continue Reading