North Dakota

Dems Have New Hopes In Key Senate Race

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON and DALE WETZEL | Posted 05.23.2012

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MINOT, N.D. -- North Dakota's prosperity from an energy boom as the rest of the country slowly crawls out from under a collapsed economy is making a c...

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Oil Boom Pushing 'Stressed Out' Residents Of Town To Move Away

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Video, North Dakota, Housing, Oil Boom, Oil Rush, Rent, Overpopulation, Ap, North Dakota Oil Boom, Business News

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Oil has brought enormous economic prosperity to the busiest city in North Dakota's booming oil patch but also has exacerbated ...

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Pipeline Supporters Cite Truck Traffic In North Dakota

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

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By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The McKenzie County Sheriff Department has a map of the narrow grid of two-lane high...

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ND To Allow Missouri River Water Use For Drilling

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 05.09.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Temporary, no-cost permits to tap surplus water from North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea will be issued to oil drillers and other in...

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Watch: GOP Senate Candidate Can't Name Minimum Wage

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Heidi Heitkamp, Minimum Wage, Rick-Berg-Campaign-Ad, North Dakota, Video, Rick-Berg, North Dakota Democratic Party, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Rick Berg (R-N.D.), who is running for the state's open U.S. Senate seat, was caught off guard when approached by a voter who wante...

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Retiree Paints Home With Polka Dot Scheme

AP | By JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Urban Renewal, Video, North Dakota, Neighborhoods, Fun, Grand Forks, Apartments, Jim Deitz, House Painting, Polka Dots, Paint, Polka Dot Home, Real Estate, Arts News

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Jim Deitz believes he's creating a Grand Forks landmark, but the downtown apartment house he's painting one polka dot at a time is m...

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States Where Incomes Are Rising The Fastest

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: North Dakota, Oil Industry, Wages, Oil, Personal Income Growth, Personal Income, North Dakota Oil Boom, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

They don’t call them oil booms for nothing. An oil rush in North Dakota has helped the income of the state's residents grow at a rate significant...

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Mississippi Has Highest Rate Of Teen Pregnancies In The U.S.

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

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ATLANTA, April 10 (Reuters) - Mississippi has the highest teen birthrate in the nation while New Hampshire has the lowest, the Centers for Disease C...

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Santorum Plan Hits Wall

AP | DALE WETZEL | Posted 04.06.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. — Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum's plan to use state conventions to pull support from Mitt Romney has stalled in...

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'Jiggers' Said He Wanted a Newspaper and the Turtle Mountain Times Was Born

Tim Giago | Posted 05.27.2012

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But in 1992 he wanted to improve communications on the reservation. He already had a radio station, KEYA-FM, but now Jiggers wanted a newspaper because he was a firm believer in the power of the press.

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Why Tourist Town Mayor Wants To Hang Himself

AP | Posted 03.22.2012

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MEDORA, N.D. -- The mayor of the southwest North Dakota tourist town of Medora is seeking permission for a hanging, and he is sticking his neck out an...

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Government Officials Protest Plan To Reduce Coal-Fired Power Plants

AP | DALE WETZEL | Posted 05.09.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Top North Dakota officials renewed their protests against a plan to discourage Minnesota utilities from meeting new energy dem...

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So About That Socialism Thing...

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.07.2012

Tired of giving business to big banks? Maybe you can become the state's customer instead. More U.S. states are exploring the possibility of establi...

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Rick Santorum Claims North Dakota Boom Town 'Feels Like Afghanistan'

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 02.27.2012

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LIVONIA, Mich. -- Rick Santorum told a story Monday morning of a recent trip to Tioga, N.D., a burgeoning oil town that he said reminded him of a very...

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GOP Lawmaker Recycles Dem's Campaign Tactic

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Wilkes | Posted 02.25.2012

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North Dakota Republican Rep. Rick Berg‘s first Senate campaign ad may seem impressive, but it lacks something important -- originality. The ad --...

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North Dakota Governor: Oil City Detours Could Make 'Huge Difference' In Perception Of Oil Industry

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON | Posted 04.22.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Plans are under way to detour heavy truck traffic around several cities in western North Dakota's oil patch, Gov. Jack Dalrymp...

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Santorum Searches For Support In Oil Country

AP | JAMES MacPHERSON and BRIAN BAKST | Posted 04.16.2012

TIOGA, N.D. -- Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has been spending plenty of time in oil country lately, prospecting for GOP votes – and money....

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North Dakota Walmart Evicts Workers Living In Parking Lot

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.10.2012

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Apparently one Walmart isn't cool with people squatting in its parking lot. Dozens of workers who have flocked to Williston, North Dakota to benef...

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Water Parks In North Dakota: A Huffington Post Travel Guide

Seed | Posted 01.30.2012

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Water parks in North Dakota provide cool relief for hot, dry summers and relief to families traveling through the open western areas of the United Sta...

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Oil Boom Wreaks Havoc On North Dakota Towns

AP | DALE WETZEL | Posted 03.28.2012

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — In the last two years, Williston school superintendent Viola LaFontaine has had to manage an influx of 480 new students brough...

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In One State, McDonald's Workers Netting Big Signing Bonuses

Posted 01.21.2012

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In one North Dakota town, prospective McDonald's employees are netting a nice paycheck before they ever have to ask a customer if they want fries with...

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The Way to Occupy a Bank Is to Own One

Ellen Brown | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy San Francisco, State-Owned Banks, North Dakota, City Owned Bank, Occupy Protests, Bank of Move Your Money, Move Money Campaign, Politics News

The campaign to "move your money" has gotten a groundswell of support. Having greater impact would be to "move our money" -- move our local government revenues out of Wall Street banks into our own publicly-owned banks.

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North Dakota, Minnesota Fracking Battle Contains 'Obamacare' Irony

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Energy Lobby, North Dakota, Minnesota, Fracking, North Dakota Lawsuit, Obamacare-Lawsuit, North Dakota Energy, Hydrofracking North Dakota, Video, Bakken Formation, Affordable Care Act Lawsuit, Health Care Reform, Hydrofracking, North Dakota Jobs, Affordable Care Act, Hydraulic Fracturing, Politics News

Last month, the Star Tribune reported that "North Dakota and some of the state's major energy interests [had] filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seekin...

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A Huffington Post Guide to Family Vacations in North Dakota

The Huffington Post | Nikol Purvis | Posted 12.20.2011

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Family vacations in North Dakota can be rewarding experiences or absolute disasters -- it all depends on pre-trip homework. To make planning easier, w...

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Don't Bank on Banks -- Except for One!

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: North Dakota, Carol Muske-Dukes, Bank of North Dakota, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News

I would encourage the Occupy movement to adopt a new plank in the platform -- a new bank. De-bank and re-bank! Let's find the "radical" economists and entrepreneurs who can help make the success story of the state bank available to us all.

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