Casting Crowns at the State Fair
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Casting Crowns lead singer Mark Hall gestures to the heavens during the group’s first number Thursday at the North Dakota State Fair Grandstand. Hall is joined on stage by drummer Andy Williams (left) and violinist Melodee DeVevo.
Water issues on table at State Fair
July 25, 2008
Water projects and issues took center stage at the North Dakota State Fair Thursday when all the organizations that supply fresh water to the residents of the state came together under one roof.
» Full StoryPolitical salesmanship finds a place at the fair
July 25, 2008
Ed Christensen of Bismarck isn’t a pushy salesman.
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July 25, 2008
Curtis Wiesz’s huge steel sculpture of a bear is quite an attention-getter at the State Fair.
Numerous fair-goers Thursday morning stopped by the exhibit of the 8 1/2-foot-tall bear, which has one of its paws in a trap.
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‘Burn Notice’ is a great part of hot summer lineupWed, July 23, 2008 @ 8:14PM Part of the joy of summer is the return of gloriously well-written summer short-timers. They’re only a dozen or so episodes each, but that’s part of their charm, given how well they’re written and how brilliant they are. Sharing the joys of the season are “Saving Grace” and “The Closer” on TNT, and “Monk,” “Psych” and “Burn Notice” on USA. “Burn Notice” returned two weeks ago with Jeffrey Donovan as benched superspy Michael Westen. The second season opened where the first season left off, with Michael trapped in a box trailer he’d been forced to drive his friend’s car up into in a chase on the open highway. The truck he was trapped in stopped and there was a lot of shooting outside.
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How I learned to stop worrying and love Max ScherzerThu, May 1, 2008 @ 7:02PM My boss at the Minot Daily News, sports editor Michael Linnell, always asks me why I never write about the umpteen million fantasy sports leagues I'm in. I never do because about 99.99 percent of readers don't care about it (although some say you could apply that same percentage to thre rest of my writing). Anyway, I was about to break down a few weeks ago and write about how I had already blown any chance I had to win my MLB roto baseball league. After drafting last in the 16-team league, I was awarded No. 1 waiver priority. That means I have the first chance to claim any player another team drops or a player who moves up from the minors and wasn't draft eligible. After drafting offense in the first 6 rounds, I needed to use that waiver pick on a stud pitcher. Two weeks into the season, it appeared I had missed out on picking up the "Next Big Thing." That "Next Big Thing" would be Cincy Reds starter Johnny Cueto.
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A tale of three lawyersMon, July 14, 2008 @ 12:17PM Not everybody can be happy with the results of any criminal trial. Somebody wins, somebody loses, and that's how the cookie crumbles. After spending the better part of the past month covering the Stridiron-Davis trial, however, I think there is a large group of people who should nod their heads with approval of what unfolded in what at times was a bombastic display of courtroom guile: American citizens. Most certainly, there will be detractors of the verdict -- friends are friends, family is family -- as Bob Martin said repeatedly during the trial, "blood is thicker than water." What I walked away with, though, after putting all emotions to the side, is a reconfirmed, pronounced admiration for the jury trial process in our American justice system. On display on a daily basis were the wares of three men -- state's attorney John Van Grinsven (with an assist from Tim Wilhelm) and public defenders Martin and Josh Rustad of Williston.
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