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Dave Caldwell/MDN -- Charles Price testified Wednesday in Northwest District Court in Minot. Price said he saw Antonio Stridiron with a gun the night Joshua Velasquez was slain, but that he also saw the witness who testified he saw Stridiron shoot Velasquez was also fighting the victim.

July 3, 2008

A witness put on the stand Wednesday by prosecutors testified that the man who claims to have witnessed Antonio Stridiron shoot Joshua Velasquez was also fighting with the victim as a group of people went into the alley where Velasquez was slain. He also testified, however, that Stridiron had a gun that night and was fighting Velasquez as well.

Stridiron is on trial for murder in the case. Another man, Bradley Davis, has been charged with aggravated assault in a separate but related case being tried in front of the same jury.

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Conrad gives farmers solutions for oil prices

July 3, 2008

High oil prices are affecting farm practices and livelihoods and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., was at Jon Erickson’s farm near South Prairie Tuesday to discuss his plan to ease the crisis.

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Hoeven wants to dump income tax credit plan

July 3, 2008

BISMARCK (AP) — Gov. John Hoeven wants to dump a state income tax credit for North Dakota property tax payers in favor of his $300 million plan to finance property tax cuts and increase aid to schools, Lt. Gov.

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Civic pride

July 3, 2008

PALERMO – They have no formal membership list, haven’t had an election of officers in recent years and don’t have committees or special meetings to plan major events.

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