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Volunteers move sandbags to build a barrier behind Mike Szymanski's home Thursday to prevent the Red River from reaching his house. Szymanski recently moved to his home in South Fargo in June.

Student volunteers work to save homes

Published March 27, 2009
Classes at the three major Fargo-Moorhead area colleges have been cancelled all week, and many students are spending that time in the snowy sand.
North Fargo resident and schoolteacher Cathy Speral writes messages on sandbags late Thursday evening at the Fargodome. Speral said she hoped it would boost the spirits of volunteers working on the front lines.

Volunteers pack Fargodome to combat rising river

Published March 27, 2009
Fargo residents and out-of-towners teamed up to ready thousands of sandbags for use.

Fargo polishes flood preparation, waits for crest

Published March 27, 2009
The city focuses its effort to finish barriers and secure vulnerable areas.

Pawlenty returns to flood area, meets with local officials

Published March 27, 2009
The governor also spoke with the president Friday morning.

Mortgage rates drop to record low

Published March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Rates on 30-year mortgages fell this week to the lowest level on record after the Federal Reserve launched a new effort to assist the staggering U.S. housing market. Mortgage...

Alaska volcano erupts twice, sends ash 12 miles up

Published March 26, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) âÄî Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted twice Thursday, spewing a more than 12-mile-high cloud that could drop ash on Anchorage for the first time since the volcano began erupting...

IRS squeezes Swiss bank clients for evidence

Published March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî The IRS is ratcheting up the pressure on Americans who kept secret Swiss bank accounts, giving them six months to come clean and cough up any evidence against their advisers...

Report predicts increase in state grants

Published March 26, 2009
Organizations agree the budget supports students, not banks

Dallas police delayed NFL player as relative died

Published March 26, 2009

PLANO, Texas (AP) âÄî A police officer pulled over an NFL player rushing to see his dying mother-in-law, drew his gun, threatened the player with jail and held him in the hospital parking lot as...

Pa. court to officer: No sense of smell, no job

Published March 26, 2009

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) âÄî Police officers who lose their sense of smell also risk losing their jobs, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Thursday. A suburban Pittsburgh township had the right to...

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