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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.

River predicted to reach unexpected heights

Published March 27, 2009

Flood water heights scramble Fargoans to prepare for river crest.

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.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Democratic budget clears Senate committee

Published March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Senate Democrats pushed a recession-era budget backed by the Obama administration through committee on Thursday after rejecting Republican attempts to cut spending and reduce...