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DULUTH, Minn. – Research by a University of Minnesota Duluth professor that separates Earth’s natural climate variability from outside factors points in particular to greenhouse gas-induced climate change as the likely cause of the warming planet. The study found that natural...

CASSELTON, N.D. – GMOs – or genetically modified organisms – first hit U.S. grocery shelves in 1994. They have been hotly debated in the two decades since, being denounced as unstable, unhealthy “frankenfoods” by some while being touted as a solution to feeding a growing...

ST. PAUL – Minnesota could be on the hook for $700 million in refunds should it lose a case pending in state tax court. The case, involving how multistate corporations calculate tax liability in Minnesota, is scheduled to be heard later this month. The $700 million figure –...

GRAND FORKS – At least one student says he was ejected from Saturday’s University of North Dakota men’s hockey game at the Ralph Engelstad Arena for holding up a large banner calling for the firing of the university’s president, but that’s not the case, according to REA...

MOORHEAD – A fire at an apartment here forced tenants to evacuate early Sunday morning, according to the Fire Department. Firefighters were dispatched at 2:36 a.m. to 1302 19½ St. S., said Assistant Chief Joe Gaughan. They managed to contain the fire in one of the apartment units,...

BISMARCK – If a scholarship is set aside for an offensive lineman, can it really count as exclusively advancing academics? Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley thinks it can, as do other North Dakota officials who oversee a program matching private gifts for scholarships with state money. It’s...

‘You recently revisited the ‘guys and gals’ discussion (concerning whether those terms are acceptable for men and women) and included a letter from a person who does not like to be called ‘sweetie,’ ‘dearie,’ or any other informal term of endearment by people with whom...

Bismarck - Lawmakers will dive right back into the thick of things when they reconvene Wednesday after a three-day recess, and that’s especially true for the House and Senate agriculture committees, which will take up two of the session’s most contentious ag-related bills. The...

St. Paul - Minnesota exported $21.4 billion of goods last year, the White House announced. President Barack Obama talked Thursday about his economic plan, which he said resulted in an American record $2.35 trillion in exports. Part of the White House push included highlighting...