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Nazi unit leader’s Minneapolis life prompts shock

June 14, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MINNEAPOLIS The revelation Friday that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to people who knew him, prompted harsh condemnations from World War II survivors in the U.S. and Europe, and led prosecutors in Poland to say they would investigate. Continue Reading

What’s the problem with PRISM?

June 10, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON When the federal government went looking for phone numbers tied to terrorists, it grabbed the records of just about everyone in America. Why every phone number? Continue Reading

Missile in scrapped test was to come from Minot

May 14, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MINOT Air Force officials and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven say the intercontinental ballistic missile for a planned test launch that was scrapped last month because of mounting tensions with North Korea was to have come from the Minot Air Force Base missile field. Continue Reading

Nuke trouble in ND: Air Force removes 17 officers

May 9, 2013 in The Daily Republic

‘Rot’ and ‘attitude problem’ cited after serious of unpublicized failings, including the possible compromise of nuclear launch codes. Continue Reading

Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers at Minot

May 8, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control and, if necessary, launch nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, including a remarkably dim review of their unit’s launch skills. The group’s deputy commander said it is suffering “rot” within its ranks. Continue Reading

US calls for NKorea amnesty for sentenced American

May 5, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

WASHINGTON The U.S. called Thursday for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years’ hard labor for “hostile acts” against the state. Continue Reading

Thune requests scrutiny of European ethanol decision

May 2, 2013 in The Daily Republic

U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., this week sent a letter along with several of his colleagues urging evaluation of a recent decision by the European Commission to impose a country-wide anti-dumping duty on exports of U.S. ethanol. Continue Reading

Boston bomb investigation extends to Russia

April 24, 2013 in The Daily Republic

WASHINGTON (AP) New information emerged Wednesday from U.S. officials that the name of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects had been added to a U.S. government terrorist database long before the explosions. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more than 4,000 mourners paid tribute to a campus police officer who authorities say was gunned down by the suspects.
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Boston Marathon bombing suspect charged, could face death sentence

April 22, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

BOSTON Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged by federal prosecutors in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill a crime that carries a possible death sentence. Continue Reading

Boston suspect’s father says he’s a ‘true angel’

April 19, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

MAKHACHKALA, Russia The father of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing described his fugitive son as a smart and accomplished “angel” in an anguished interview in which he claimed they were set up.
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