Local ad agency sues ND natives over ‘Annoying Orange’ cartoon

FARGO – A local advertising agency is suing two North Dakota natives for allegedly stealing one of its characters and turning it into a popular YouTube and Cartoon Network series “The Annoying Orange.”

• "The Annoying Orange"

Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.

MOORE, Okla. — The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.

• Plaza Towers Elementary School

Power of EF-5 Okla. tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

WASHINGTON — Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.

MULTIMEDIA: Search for tornado survivors nearly complete

MOORE, Okla. — Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children.

• Photo gallery: Oklahoma tornado
• Children survive Oklahoma tornado in elementary school bathroom
• Debris is scattered in what was a mobile home park
• TV footage Monday
• House fire outside Moore, Okla.
• Car pile-up outside Moore
• A woman carries her child
• Local emergency crews may go to Okla.

AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school

MOORE, Okla. — I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late.

• A child calls to his father
• Do you know anyone in the path of the Oklahoma tornado?
• Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
• Photo gallery: Oklahoma tornado
• VIDEO: Obama offers condolences, help to Okla. tornado victims

VIDEO: Moorhead couple wins $1.4 million in Minn. lottery game

MOORHEAD - A Moorhead couple said they are looking forward to a good retirement after winning more than a million dollars in the lottery.

• Paul and Joyce Echols with their check

Attorneys argue over notes about death row inmate Rodriguez

FARGO — Federal prosecutors in North Dakota say the refusal by defense attorneys to turn over notes in the case of death row inmate Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. is meant to prolong the appeal.

• Alfonso Rodriguez Jr.

Arias tells jury what she'll do if allowed to live

PHOENIX — Jodi Arias told a jury Tuesday that she can contribute to society if allowed to live, saying she'd like to start literacy, recycling and other programs in prison.

• Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney

Fargo among VA hospitals to see increase in chronic pain in Minn. veterans

ST. PAUL — Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled, and there's been a steep increase in such injuries over the past decade.

Owner of Fargo’s Tochi Products dies at age 66

FARGO – The community’s “original hippie businessman,” as his brother called him, died last week after sudden medical problems. He was 66 years old.

• Will Hoglund with sons

Parents plead not guilty to charges of child abuse

DICKINSON, N.D. - Parents of an infant who died less than two years ago with illegal drugs in its system pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges Monday at a preliminary hearing in Southwest District Court in Dickinson.

Moorhead may stop making sandbags for future floods

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

• Should the city of Moorhead stop providing sandbags in future flood events?

Dog sniff ruling could impact Cass drug cases

FARGO – A Cass County judge’s ruling has raised questions about other area drug cases after he threw out evidence collected at the home of an alleged drug dealer because police used a drug dog to sniff outside his apartment without a warrant.

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.

Get acquainted with South’s signature spirit on Fargo Bourbon Tour

FARGO – The Kentucky Bourbon Trail stretches nearly 200 miles in the north-central part of the Bluegrass State, but you don’t have to go that far to sample some of the area’s signature spirits.

• Absinthe Brulee Manhattan
• The Tatonka
• An old fashioned
• The Rhubarb Sour

Who will play F-M's Finest outdoor concert? You decide

FM’s Finest will take its finale to the streets this summer. The concert, sponsored by The Forum, music promoter Jade Presents and the Downtown Community Partnership, is set for 5-10 p.m. on June 14 on Second Avenue N. between Broadway and the alleyway.

Older parents share their experiences raising kids later in life

FARGO -- In 1987, Tom and Carol Moore weren’t the typical parents of a newborn.

• Older parents

Parenting Perspectives: Like beauty, coolness is in the eye of the beholder

I have noted before that there is a vast distance between me and my daughter on the coolness scale.

• Kathy Tofflemire

New Minnesota legislation protects coaches from complaining parents

FARGO - A Minnesota legislation, which was passed Sunday, will make it so Minnesota high school coaches cannot be fire based solely off of complaints of parents. Governor Mark Dayton will sign it Wednesday.

Maris golf tournament moved to Rose Creek

FARGO – The 30th annual Roger Maris Celebrity Benefit Golf Tournament has been moved to Rose Creek golf course due to spring flooding at Edgewood golf course.

Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke

Golf's two governing bodies outlawed the anchored putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, approving a new rule that starts in 2016 and urging the PGA Tour to follow along so the 600-year-old sport is still played under one set of rules.

• Pro golfer Adam Scott of Australia putts

The Forum seeks new members for Readers Board

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