• Franz, Chapman and the Minard Hall Collapse Behind the Scene.
• NDSU, however one defines it, hasn't done anything wrong: only two individuals, one, the Fargo Forum's man of the year
• This coming Monday. the mostly unqualified NDSU Presidential Search Committee will announce which of the under qualified candidates it prefers to be NDSU's next president.
• Steve Swiontek , chair of the presidential search committee at NDSU, even though not being formally associated with the University, announced the finalists for the position.
• American's accomplishment should not be belittled. We scored in sports for which the podium had been only viewed from a distance by US athletes.
• Cormac McCarthy(Brokeback Mountain, No Country for Old Men), The Road, is no playing on the off Broadway screen at the Fargo Theatre.
• Obama Pays North Dakota Big in 2009 Healthcare Debate
• This decline has been going on at NDSU for well over thirty years, and I see it as a crisis.
• Condition of NDSU is Bleak....Creeping Meatballism
• Graduation North Dakota State University 2009

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Top Ten Nanny Cities. Fargo ND. Definition of a Nanny State is a derogatory term that refers to state protectionism, economic interventionism, or regulatory policies, and the perception that these policies are becoming institutionalized as common practice. Policies such as mandatory helmet laws and bans on smoking in public places, high taxes on junk food, bans on recreational drug use, gun control,... 

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This years schedule for the Fargo Theatre Classis Film Festival, Aug 11 – 14, will include “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” “Rear Window,” “The King and I,” and “Picnic.” Rear Window is the Alfred Hitchcock classic starring Jimmy Stewart: a must see for all but movie haters. The King and I, starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner is a musical... 

An email from Ireland to their brethren in the States…a point to ponder despite your political affiliation: ‘We, in Ireland , can’t figure out why people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States . On one side, you have a pants wearing lawyer, married to a lawyer who can’t keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer who goes... 

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***UPDATE*** 1:29pm: Bush has lifted the executive ban on offshore drilling. Today’s financial headlines tell a story of a nation in bailout mode. Beyond the oil and mortgage crisis that the government is attempting to act on, The New York Times says analysts are predicting 150 banks might falter in the coming months. Read the excerpts below. *Bush to lift executive ban on offshore drilling: In... 

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Fargo ND. Is A Weak US Dollar Tied To High Oil Prices? I read on a message board that the price of gas in the U.S. could be tied to the declining value of the American dollar on worldwide markets. Is this true?” ANSWER: The price of gas going up can in part be linked with the declining dollar. Because the oil markets are denominated in US dollars, when the dollar declines relative to other currencies... 

Some time ago Hilary said she had something on Obama that would change the election. Perhaps this is why she ’suspended’ her campaign instead of pulling out of the race It’ll be interesting to see how the media handles this… Barack Obama is not a legal U.S. natural-born citizen according to the law on the books at the time of his birth, which falls between December 24, 1952, to November... 

By: Norwegian Explorer North Dakota Higher Education Dismal Shape… From a good vantage point, I can tell you with authority that higher education in North Dakota is in dismal shape. Never mind what you hear on the news, unless you know what to listen for. Most of the “news” comes out of the southeast corner of Old Main on the NDSU campus, that is to say, Joseph Chapman’s... 

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Oops Thats a Felony. Fargo, ND. Max Sanders, a University of Minnesota student who tried to sell his vote on eBay for a minimum of $10, got no offers, but he did get charged with a felony. This from the state that elected Jesse Ventura. We should all be charged with felonies! The rules were simple enough, Max Sanders wrote on the online auction posting. The 19-year-old University of Minnesota student... 

Democrats Unite in Fargo. Fargo,ND. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, speaking before veterans, their family members and others in Fargo this afternoon, said the country must do better by those who serve in the military. Speaking for about 20 minutes at the Children’s Museum at Yunker Farm under a bright sky and with his dress shirt sleeves rolled up, Obama noted that... 

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By Aaron Skjerseth A small and unassuming shop sits at the corner of First Avenue and University, surrounded by what looks like hundreds of bikes. A large paper sign, reading “F-M Community Bike Workshop,” hangs in the window. Step through the doors and you find yourself surrounded by a bustle of activity all around old bikes and parts, like stumbling on a bicycle graveyard. Bike frames hang... 

What economic slowdown? Some spots still boom Fargo North Dakota – Don’t look for an economic downturn in North Dakota: In fact, the state is holding job fairs in other states to try to fill 13,000 open jobs. The slump hasn’t hit Chattanooga, Tenn., either. There, pent-up demand is so strong that a large back order exists for major connections to the municipal electrical grid. Even...