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ND in News for Breast Feeding Abuse?

Odd news out of Grand Forks, North Dakota rolled across my desk1 this afternoon: A North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk has pleaded guilty to child neglect. Stacey Anvarinia, 36, could face up to five … Continue reading

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Who Made the Fist Bump Popular?

Image by Getty Images via Daylife From the office of WHA?!: After all, it was a former U of C professor, President Barack Obama, and his wife, Michelle, who helped to popularize the fist bump. See New iPhone app works … Continue reading

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Print: North Dakotan is Obama pick for Fed Health Post

Image via Wikipedia From MinnPost.com: N. Dakotan is Obama pick for federal health post. I know absolutely nothing about Mary Wakefield.  Well I guess that is not entirely accurate.   I know these things largely thanks to the linked article: Wakefield … Continue reading

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The ND Material Keeps On Coming

Blessing or a curse? I was planning on writing about my Business Associations Exam that was this morning.  I wanted to point out that given the past success rates given to us by our Professor, that the best strategy was … Continue reading

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Hey North Dakota, Get out of the News

For the third day in a row, North Dakota is in the news.  So much for being conservative and never fancy.  This week it seems like that great plains state is being a media whore trying to steal the limelight.  … Continue reading

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Bling Bling and Fargo Do Not Go Together

Bling Bling is a phrase that does not belong in a news story about Fargo.  I don’t care what I said yesterday.  The fact that the two appeared together in a story from the Fargo Forum makes the following all … Continue reading

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Print – Looking for the Rain Vote from D.C. Wire Blog

This was an interesting story: Pannell: Looking for the Rain Vote. Actually it wasn’t much of a story at all, but I found the notion that people should be accommodated because they are unwilling to vote because it is raining … Continue reading

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Print – Federal Grants Aimed to Enforce Underage Drinking Laws

Good Use of Federal funds?  You be the judge: The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times : Federal Grants Aimed to Enforce Underage Drinking Laws.

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Print – ‘Hungry’ Twins keeping things fundamental in playoff race

This story from USAToday.com came across my desk couch while I was watching CSPAN the Olympics:  ‘Hungry’ Twins keeping things fundamental in playoff race. It a great story about the Twins from a national news outlet, and therefore a must … Continue reading

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Print – Read what they read in Google Reader

New from Google Reader: Official Google Reader Blog: Read what they read. I’m already addicted to Google Reader, and the new power reader subscriptions only serve to enhance my dependence on google. Ever wonder what John McCain or Barack Obama … Continue reading

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Print – Bay Bridge Accident

I was talking about the recent Bay Bridge accident with my co-workers at lunch1. I’m not sure how many people actually have seen pictures of the accident, so I’ve posted a picture that I took as we passed the wreckage. … Continue reading

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Print – Brokering a Peace Agreement . . . in the NFL

Here’s the story by Kevin Seifert1 over at his ESPN NFC North Blog: ESPN – Packers president gets involved – NFC North. The notion that NFL team presidents are flying around the United Statesbrokering peace deals with disgruntled players seems … Continue reading

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