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Authorities say final autopsy results show that three college softball players who drowned when their sport utility vehicle went into a North Dakota pond had not been drinking or using drugs.
A North Dakota utility regulator is praising new computer software that's intended to help utility ratepayers reduce their energy use.
A Bismarck state senator says North Dakota's insurance premium tax on nonprofit health insurance companies should be abolished.
The burning glow over North Dakota's oil patch is slowly dimming as companies work to capture and sell natural gas instead of flaring it.
North Dakota's state Water Commission is moving forward with plans for a $15.3 million upgrade to the system of canals and pipes that drains Devils Lake floodwaters into the Sheyenne River.
Officials say an oil fire in southwestern Manitoba, near the North Dakota border, is under control.
North Dakota regulators voted Thursday to drop a complaint against Falkirk Mining Co. for illegally removing topsoil to build a road in an area where the company plans to begin digging coal.
North Dakota's dry pea and lentil crops are expected to set records this year.
A judge has temporarily blocked higher education officials from changing the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname.
The U.S. Agriculture Department has revised its estimates for production of small grains such as wheat and barley but the changes are small.
Billionaire oilman Harold Hamm believes North Dakota's oil reserves are double the federal government's estimates.
North Dakota's already burgeoning oil production could soar another 50 percent next year as the state's capacity to export crude catches up with its ability to pump it, state regulators and industry officials say.
A broken pelvis and injured knee nearly put an end to North Dakota farmer Dustin Lien's harvest, but a group that helps injured farmers and the families of those who have died came to his aid.
An auction of oil drilling rights on North Dakota state land has fetched $71.6 million, a record haul that will go mostly to benefit public schools.
The chief executive of a North Dakota-based electric power cooperative says utilities must be engaged in the climate-change debate and use their unified voice.
More North Dakota residents reported incomes of $1 million or more last year thanks to the state's booming oil patch.
The president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota says health care reform measures in Congress would accelerate increases in insurance costs.
The Agriculture Department says warm, dry weather has given a boost to North Dakota farmers hoping to finish their harvest.
Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death for three North Dakota college softball players found dead inside a sport utility vehicle that sunk in a rural farm pond.
U.S. Rep. Earl Pomeroy says the nation's pension funds need more time to recover their value from last year's market crash.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says North Dakota law limited his review of a merger of two large health care companies.
The military says the commander at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota has been relieved of his command.
A federal agency that markets electricity generated by water projects such as Missouri River dams is increasing short-term partnerships with wind farms in the Dakotas and might someday become an even bigger potential buyer for wind developers in the two states.
A federal judge has dismissed a charge against the son of a Texas man accused of swindling investors from North Dakota and elsewhere out of millions of dollars.
State lawmakers are exploring whether to give most North Dakota homeowners the benefit of a property tax credit normally reserved for seniors and people with disabilities.
Tearful goodbyes at N.D. pond where 3 diedTeammates and family members throw roses and softballs into the farm pond where three college softball players were found dead inside their sunken sport utility vehicle.
Police: 3 softball players vanish in N.D.Authorities in North Dakota searched for 3 Dickinson State University softball players reported missing after a friend received calls that indicating the women needed help.
A North Dakota Blue Dog Makes His Peace With The Public OptionNorth Dakota Democrat, Earl Pomeroy learns to love a health plan with a public option, as long as it is not tied to medicare rates. The question is: will North Dakota's other Blue Dogs, Byron Dorgan, and Kent Conrad come on board?
Large insect' sparked U.S. missile truck's crashBISMARCK, North Dakota - A truck driver who lost control of a semitrailer carrying missile parts was distracted by a "large insect" that flew in a window and landed on the driver's back, the military said in a report released Friday.
Domestic violence as pre-existing condition? 8 states still allow itEight states and the District of Columbia don't have laws that specifically bar insurance companies from using domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage, according to a study from the National Women's Law Center.
Fighting the Fighting Sioux BrandND finally gives up the Sioux brand. (A smart and long overdue branding move, I think..)
2 Fargo, North Dakota Men Arrested in Kentucky for Attempting to 'Kidnap' a 14-year-oldTwo North Dakota "men are behind bars in Kentucky, for allegedly trying to kidnap a 14-year-old middle school girl so she could marry a 14-year-old Fargo boy." The incident happened on September 21, 2009.
Mother leaves hospital with wrong newbornA hospital in North Dakota is investigating how the mother of a newborn went home with the wrong baby.
North Dakota Governor Backs Away From Rove InductionNorth Dakota Republican Governor John Hoeven was to have inducted Karl Rove into the Scandanavian-American Hall Of Fame at this years' Hostfest, an annual Scandanavian celebration. The state's Democratic-Non Partisan League party has criticized the governor for inducting Rove.
Ohio woman's path to work ends in rural prairieMorgan, 63, loaded all of it into the truck before dawn one recent Saturday and left her home in Zanesville, Ohio.
North Dakota is once again ground zero in the abortion wars. Last spring the state briefly considered what is known as a "human life" definition bill, which would have defined a fetus as a human being.
Snow falls in western ND, in June"Snow has fallen in Dickinson in June, the first time in nearly 60 years the city has seen snow past May.
In North Dakota, the Good Times Are Still Rolling - WSJ.comCalifornia has the Golden Gate Bridge, New York has the Empire State Building, Illinois has the Magnificent Mile. And North Dakota? It has a hefty budget surplus those states would envy.
TheHill.com-N.D. lawmakers rally for journalist imprisoned in IranWhile lawmakers were scrambling to pass the budget before President Obama's 100-day anniversary, Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) took the floor Monday evening to keep the case of Roxana Saberi alive.
A national model for Graduated Driver Licensing Programs has existed since the mid 1990s. The model provides guidelines for states to create their own GDL programs. Currently, no state follows all the guidelines, and GDL programs vary widely from state to state.
'Personhood' bill defeated in North Dakota SenateA proposal to give human rights to a fertilized egg has been defeated in the North Dakota Senate. Senators voted 29-16 to reject the proposal.
Fargo's refugees turn to each other during floodFor some transplants to this quiet Plains city, last week's feverish rush to hold back a historic flood threat carried reminders of the chaos that forced them from their old lives.
How the Nation's Only State-Owned Bank Became the Envy of Wall StreetThe Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned bank in America—what Republicans might call an idiosyncratic bastion of socialism. It also earned a record profit last year even as its private-sector corollaries lost billions.
Red River At Record Height In Fargo as Dike Cracks Residents of south Fargo, North Dakota, evacuated their homes early on Friday as the Red River rose to its highest level in 112 years and a crack appeared in a sandbag dike.
In Anti-Abortion North Dakota, a Fertilized Egg May Soon Be a PersonNorth Dakota is approaching the abortion issue in a totally unique way that introduces a politically-charged definition of what it means to be a person. It's been long accepted that life begins at conception, but the concept of 'personhood' has been hotly debated by pro-life and …
Police Say Couple In Car Hit By Train Were Having SexExcerpt: A man was arrested for trespassing early Saturday morning near Minot after his car was hit by a train, and that`s not the most bizarre part.
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ND House Passes Abortion Ban: Declares "That A Fertilized Egg Has All The Rights of Any Person"North Dakota's House of Representatives has passed a bill effectively outlawing abortion. The House voted 51-41 this afternoon to declare that a fertilized egg has all the rights of any person.
Apparently, the clowns I mean lawmakers in North Dakota have approved a measure that would give the rights of full personhood to a fertilized egg. Of course, although they claim otherwise, this is a thinly-veiled anti-abortion measure, and a calculated challenge to Roe v. Wade.
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