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Cities respond to river crest

Published March 28, 2009

The National Weather Service’s reported crest will not cause Fargo-Moorhead to relax flood efforts.

Pawlenty returns to flood area, meets with local officials

Published March 27, 2009

The governor also spoke with the president Friday morning.

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.

River predicted to reach unexpected heights

Published March 27, 2009

Flood water heights scramble Fargoans to prepare for river crest.

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.

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...

GM says 7,500 hourly workers decide to leave

Published March 26, 2009

DETROIT (AP) âÄî About 7,500 General Motors Corp. workers âÄî roughly 12 percent of the automaker's U.S. hourly work force âÄî have signed up to take buyout and early retirement...

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...

Charges dropped against CT priest who taped police

Published March 26, 2009

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) âÄî Connecticut prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against a Roman Catholic priest who was arrested while videotaping East Haven police officers in an attempt to document...