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What to do about $4.00 gas?
Join the May Bike Month Challenge and ride your bike and burn calories instead of gas. Congratulations Sharon Fowler! You win a cool new "Fargo" cap in the May Bike Month Challenge! You can join...
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You can own a home and receive SSI
Q: Can a person who owns a house and car receive Supplemental Security Income? A: Yes, depending on the details. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a low-income program for people at least age 65...
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Freedom Friday: Service Animal Accommodations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are jointly responsible for enforcing the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA), which prohibits discrimination in ho...
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Famed civil rights leader Angela Davis to speak at next UND ‘Great Conversation’ at the Fritz
The University Program Council, a division of Student Government at the University of North Dakota, invites the public to a Great Conversation featuring Civil Rights Movement activist Angela Davis o...
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The Boiling Point of Aaron Swartz's Suicide
The more I read about Aaron Swartz, the more he seemed like a hero from an Ayn Rand novel. Unfortunately, accompanying his Randian hero-like intelligence, moral IQ, and frustration that the rest of th...
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Federal budget cuts mean trims for area Head Start programs

Federal budget cuts mean trims for area Head Start programs MOORHEAD – If there is no budget deal in Congress this summer, Head Start programs in the area will feel it come fall.

By Charly Haley , May 19, 2013

Feds argue coal industry can legally give to ND regulators’ campaigns

FARGO – Federal lawyers concede that thousands of dollars of campaign donations from coal-mining interests to members of the North Dakota Public Service Commission “risk creating an appearance of impropriety.”

By Patrick Springer , May 18, 2013

Ousted IRS chief regrets treatment of tea party

WASHINGTON — The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias.

By Associated Press , May 17, 2013

ND delegation opposes proposed fracking rule

BISMARCK — North Dakota's congressional delegation doesn't like a proposed new rule that would require energy companies on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing.

By Associated Press , May 17, 2013

Tax on cigarettes to back new Vikings stadium construction

About $24.5 million from increase would plug possible funding deficit
ST. PAUL – Smokers will provide the backstop to Viking stadium construction funding, the governor and legislative leaders announced Thursday night.

By Danielle Killey and Don Davis, Forum News Service , May 16, 2013

Obama: IRS acting commissioner has resigned

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the resignation of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following a controversy over the agency's targeting of conservative political groups.

By Associated Press , May 15, 2013

Senate OKs measure blocking fees for Missouri River water

WASHINGTON - A proposal to charge for water in Missouri River reservoirs would be banned under legislation passed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate.

By Patrick Springer , May 15, 2013

House panel set to OK cut in food stamp program

WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee is considering a five-year farm bill that would make small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.

By Associated Press , May 15, 2013

VIDEO: Tiny Minnesota town’s 4-year-old mayor draws national attention

VIDEO: Tiny Minnesota town’s 4-year-old mayor draws national attention DORSET, Minn. – Dorset’s mayor, Robert “Bobbie” Tufts, has become a national sensation after a WCCO TV interview went viral over the weekend.

By Anna Erickson, Forum News Service , May 14, 2013

Senate panel approves massive farm bill with 15-5 vote

WASHINGTON — The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers.

By Associated Press , May 14, 2013

Fargo denies Cash Wise Liquor move

Fargo denies Cash Wise Liquor move City commissioners will review 'ambiguous' liquor laws
FARGO – City commissioners here are not ready to allow Cash Wise Liquor to open up a new location in south Fargo.

By Erik Burgess , May 13, 2013

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US government files morning-after pill appeal

NEW YORK — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.

By Associated Press , May 13, 2013

Government obtains wide AP phone records in probe

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news.

By Associated Press , May 13, 2013

Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states, including ND

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma — what to do with all the money when an improving economy suddenly creates a surplus in revenues?

By Associated Press , May 13, 2013

City to block downtown Fargo bar patio work until lot fixed PressPass

City to block downtown Fargo bar patio work until lot fixed Site must be brought up to code, official says
FARGO – A downtown bar owner who is being sued by the city because his private parking lot isn’t up to code likely won’t be able to expand his patio until the parking lot issue is settled.

By Erik Burgess , May 11, 2013

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