Flood Threat Holdouts

2010-03-18T01:16:27Z

Mac Butler places sandbags outside his Fargo, N.D. home to protect from the rising Red River Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Butler is no stranger to spring flooding since he has lived at the same residence for more than 25 years and is now preparing for his fourth flood. (AP photo by Jay Pickthorn)

North Dakota prepares for flood as Red River rises

2010-03-17T12:30:55Z

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Residents of Fargo, North Dakota, rushed on Wednesday to protect their city from the rising Red River which is expected to reach near-record flood levels this weekend.</p><p>The Red River reached 31 feet at Fargo, the biggest city in the Fran Brenan build a 40-foot dike outside of their Fargo, N.D. home. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn)

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Senate roll vote on jobs bill

2010-03-17T09:00:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Roll Vote: Senate OKs legislation giving businesses more incentives to hire the jobless</div><div><p>The 68-29 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate passed legislation giving tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers.</p><p>A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the bill.</p><p>Voting yes were 55 Democrats, 11 Aline Bisimwa lifts a sandbag on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 in south Fargo, N.D. as she and many other area students assisted in Red River flood fighting efforts. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn)

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Lesson learned: More buy flood insurance after '09

2010-03-16T13:45:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Learning lessons from '09 flood, more North Dakota and Minnesota residents buy insurance</div><div><p>When the swollen Red River threatened his uninsured house last spring, all Mark Baumgardner could do was pack up, leave and hope he wouldn't lose everything.</p><p>In the en...

Red River rises 2 feet at Fargo, nears major flood

2010-03-16T08:45:29Z

<div><p>WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Red River rose closer, as expected, to causing major flooding at Fargo, North Dakota, on Tuesday, rising more than two feet since Monday afternoon.</p><p>The Red rose to 27.4 feet early and was expected to reach the...

Widespread spring flooding forecast

2010-03-16T08:00:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Government warns of spring flooding in Midwest, South, East after wet winter</div><div><p>With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears Tuesday, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal winter.</p><p>North Dakota junior forward Matt Frattin for 1 game after hit</div><div><p>The Western Collegiate Hockey Association has suspended North Dakota forward Matt Frattin for one game.</p><p>The junior will not play Thu...

Sandbags delivered ahead of expected Fargo flood

2010-03-15T16:15:16Z

<div><p>Police escorted convoys of flatbed trucks carrying piles of sandbags into neighborhoods along Fargo's Red River on Monday as residents began preparing to keep the looming flood waters away from their homes.</p><p>The cities of Fargo in eastern North Dakota and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., were in flood fighting m...

Conn. would waive student loans in 'green' jobs

2010-03-14T12:00:19Z

<div><p>Paul Goulet hopes Connecticut will help him get from under nearly $8,000 he's borrowed for college after losing his job in a paper manufacturing plant.</p><p>Goulet, 55, is a student in environmental studies at Goodwin College in East Hartford, aiming to find work in wastewater treatment. Stat...

The nation's weather

2010-03-14T01:15:36Z

<div id="subtitle">The nation's weather</div><div><p>A complex of storms in the eastern portion of the country were forecast to continue providing the most active weather in the country Sunday.</p><p>The main low pressure system would gradually slide off the Mid-Atlantic Coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. This type of motion would allow significant moisture to stream into the Northeast, producing stea...

ND oil rig count tops 100

2010-03-10T16:00:50Z

<div id="subtitle">ND oil rig count tops 100 for first time in 2 decades</div><div><p>The number of rigs piercing North Dakota's oil patch has topped 100 for the first time in nearly three decades, the state Department of Mineral Resources said Wednesday.</p><p>Department director Nevada: 13 percent</p>&l...

Governor candidate wants to open Mich. state bank

2010-03-09T15:30:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Democratic governor candidate Bernero wants to follow ND's lead and open Mich. state bank</div><div><p>Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero on Tuesday proposed having Michigan follow the lead of North Dakota and open a state-owned bank that could make low-interest loans to businesses and college students.&...

Flooding River of Worry

2010-03-05T13:20:58Z

In this Feb. 24, 2010 photo, a continuous sandbagging machine made by Oregon's Conveyor Application Systems is on display with other flood fighting items at a flood fair in Fargo, N.D. The National Weather Service says there's a high risk for major flooding along North Dakota's Red River in the same area where resident...

US rig count increases by 23

2010-03-05T11:32:43Z

<div id="subtitle">US rig count increases by 23 to 1,396</div><div><p>The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 23 this week to 1,396.</p><p>Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 926 rigs were exploring for natural gas and 456 for oil. Fourteen were listed as miscellaneous. A year ag...

Forecasters predict major flooding in North Dakota

2010-03-05T09:45:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Weather service predicts major flooding for North Dakota's Red River, residents try to prepare</div><div><p>The National Weather Service says there's a high risk for major flooding along North Dakota's Red River in the same area where residents held off record high waters last year.</p><p>The flood outlook r...

CHS says this year's payout to owners is $225M

2010-03-04T11:46:10Z

<div id="subtitle">CHS to pay owners $225 million for 2009 profits, down from last year's record payout of $339M</div><div><p>CHS Inc., an energy and grain-based foods member-owned cooperative, said on Thursday that it expects to distribute up to $225 million to its owners.</p><p>CHS already has distributed $190 million of that to more than 37,000 individuals and 1,000 companies such as local cooperatives, most o...

TransCanada to consider US pipeline 'onramp'

2010-03-03T16:15:56Z

<div id="subtitle">TransCanada agrees to consider letting US crude use oil pipeline between Alberta, Gulf Coast</div><div><p>TransCanada executives said Wednesday they will consider letting Montana and North Dakota crude oil onto a proposed pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico<...

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