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Drivers endure high gas prices despite US oil boom

March 21, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

NEW YORK The U.S. is increasing its oil production faster than ever, and American drivers are guzzling less gas. But you’d never know it from the price at the pump. Continue Reading

Is 2012 the year of the gun? No rise in mass killings, but their impact is huge

December 15, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

A gold plaque hangs next to a bullet hole in the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a lone gunman killed six worshippers and injured three others last August. It is engraved with the words, “We Are One.” Continue Reading

ND abortion numbers steady; US rate declines

November 28, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

FARGO North Dakota’s abortion numbers have held fairly steady, even as the nation’s abortion rate fell 5 percent in 2009 the largest single-year decrease in a decade state and national reports show. Continue Reading

Final debate shows Bills, Klobuchar far apart

November 4, 2012 in West Central Tribune

ST. PAUL If the final Minnesota U.S. Senate debate did nothing else, it showed the political distance between the two candidates.
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US runs 4th straight $1 trillion deficit

October 12, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON The United States has now spent $1 trillion more than it’s taken in for four straight years. Continue Reading

Descendants of U.S.-Dakota War survivors to tell their families’ stories

September 15, 2012 in West Central Tribune

WILLMAR As Cora Jones tells the story of her two sets of great-grandparents who survived the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, she pauses to acknowledge just how lucky she is to tell their stories today.
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Watch the Berg/Heitkamp debate live!

September 4, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

Visit here at 8 a.m. for live streaming coverage of the North Dakota U.S. Senate candidates debate between Rick Berg and Heidi Heitkamp from Bismarck this morning! Continue Reading

Prayer service slated Sunday at rural Litchfield, Minn., church to honor all U.S.-Dakota War dead

August 17, 2012 in West Central Tribune

LITCHFIELD Ness Church in rural Litchfield will conduct an outdoor prayer service at 1:30 p.m. Sunday as part of the observance of the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
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CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low

August 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

PITTSBURGH (AP) In a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 years, and government officials say the biggest reason is that cheap and plentiful natural gas has led many power plant operators to switch from dirtier-burning coal. Continue Reading

US drought leveling off: Forecast shows conditions may linger into November

August 16, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) The worst drought in the U.S. in decades may be leveling off or even be easing ever so slightly in some lucky locales, federal weather forecasters announced Thursday in a report of little comfort for farmers and ranchers who already have begun tallying this year’s losses. Continue Reading