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12 Totally Useless Facts You May or May Not Want to Know About Me
My dad wanted to name me Buck if I wouldve been a boy. When I waited tables in high school I beat the fry cook in an arm wrestling match. My biggest vice is that I like salt way too much. I st...
Posted on 1/12/12 at 7:00 PM
I just fumbled away our 15 minutes of fame
A staffer for National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" just called the newsroom looking for Tom Lawrence, who wrote stories for today's Daily Republic about the recent heat wave. The stories focus...
Posted on 7/20/11 at 2:02 PM
My favorite cool treat on a hot day -- homemade ice cream
Mother Nature couldn't have planned a better time to blast us with heat and humidity. After all, July is National Ice Cream Month. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan said so. He also claimed the third S...
Posted on 7/20/11 at 5:00 AM
Win $2,000 in Shred Your Debt Contest
The NFCC has joined with Cintas Document Destruction,Equifax and member agencies like The Village Family Service Center, to host the Shred Your Debt contest. We'd love for someone in North Dakota or M...
Posted on 3/30/11 at 11:29 AM
Tourism overload
Hello... or maybe howdy would be more appropriate... from Branson, Mo. Just got checked in to my hotel, which seems to be on the main strip filled with all sorts of touristy goodness. I passed Yakov's...
Posted on 3/12/10 at 5:33 AM
OPINION: Facebook created an IPO larger than the rapture
Jesus had better not return to earth this week. We will be too busy with the Facebook IPO to deal with Him.By ALEXANDRA PETRI , February 03, 2012
Thune aims at Fannie, Freddie bonuses, calls pay 'an outrage'
“It’s hard to believe those agency executives felt they deserved those bonuses,” Thune said.By Denise Ross , February 01, 2012
Romney eyes Florida victory; Gingrich to fight on
By DAVID ESPO and STEVE PEOPLES , January 31, 2012
Dakotas officials wary of proposed defense cuts
January 28, 2012
Romney is the aggressor in final Florida debate 
By DAVID ESPO , January 26, 2012
MILBANK: Gingrich helps president’s re-election bid 
January 26, 2012
School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains
By MARY CLARE JALONICK , January 25, 2012
Obama challenges: Shrink gap between rich, poor 
By BEN FELLER , January 24, 2012
TransCanada may be ‘dead money’ after pipeline’s rejection 
HOUSTON — TransCanada Corp. may lag other energy infrastructure companies as it seeks new growth prospects following President Barack Obama’s rejection of its Keystone XL oil-sands crude pipeline.
By Staff reports , January 21, 2012
Top congressional votes of 2011 reviewed 
This report boils that activity down to key votes that show lawmakers’ stands on many of the major issues that sharply divide Democrats and Republicans as a presidential and congressional election year gets underway.
By RICHARD G. THOMAS , January 20, 2012
Appeals court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act 
Continued racial discrimination a major question in whether to continue federal monitoring on SD Indian reservations, the South, elsewhere.
By NEDRA PICKLER , January 19, 2012
Appeals court hears challenge to Voting Rights Act 
Continued racial discrimination a major question in whether to continue federal monitoring on SD Indian reservations, the South, elsewhere.
By NEDRA PICKLER , January 19, 2012
White House makes case for rejecting Keystone pipeline
By MATTHEW DALY , January 18, 2012
Towering legend, flawed man: Image of ML King Jr. evolving 
By BRETT ZONGKER , January 16, 2012
Corn surplus in US larger than thought 
CHICAGO — Unsold supplies of U.S. corn on Dec. 1 fell 4.1 percent from a year earlier, less than analysts expected, as the crop harvested late last year was bigger than forecast.
By Jeff Wilson , January 13, 2012
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