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Hobby Lobby asks for exemption from birth control coverage

DENVER — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.

By Associated Press , May 23, 2013

VIDEO: Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

VIDEO: Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no “cure-all” and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.

By Associated Press , May 23, 2013

City council members in Mich. abstain from vote on abstaining

YPSILANTI, Mich. — Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.

By Associated Press , May 23, 2013

ND officials still hopeful base can get tankers

GRAND FORKS — North Dakota's governor and congressional delegation say they will continue to push for a new air refueling tanker mission at Grand Forks Air Force Base.

By Associated Press , May 23, 2013

School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones

Due to cost, most schools in Oklahoma still lack safe rooms
MOORE, Okla. – With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building’s lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students.

By Associated Press , May 22, 2013

Riverfront homeowners bristle at sandbag comments from Moorhead mayor, council

Riverfront homeowners bristle at sandbag comments from Moorhead mayor, council ‘It’s almost like we’re being isolated by the city,’ homeowner says
MOORHEAD – When Mayor Mark Voxland said earlier this week that the city should consider not delivering sandbags during less-serious flood events, Bob Swenson was listening.

By Erik Burgess , May 22, 2013

ND Gov. Dalrymple names new director of DOT

BISMARCK -- North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple today appointed Grant Levi as executive director of the state’s Department of Transportation.

By TJ Jerke, Forum News Service , May 22, 2013

Bin Laden corpse photos can be kept secret, court rules

WASHINGTON — Photos of Osama bin Laden's corpse and burial at sea were properly classified by U.S. officials and can be withheld from the public, a federal appeals court ruled.

By Bloomberg News , May 21, 2013

West Fargo officials ask Public Works to study, address lagoon odors

WEST FARGO - City commissioners here agreed Monday night that there is an objectionable spring smell related to the city’s 400 acres of sewage lagoons and that the issue needs further scrutiny. Officials directed Public Works Director Barry Johnson to conduct research into alleviating the problem.

By Karen Huber, Forum News Service , May 20, 2013

Moorhead may stop making sandbags for future floods

MOORHEAD – The city of Moorhead is considering not providing sandbags in future flood events.

By Erik Burgess , May 20, 2013

White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this week.

By Associated Press , May 20, 2013

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

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