Teen idol Bobby Vee dead at 73
FARGO (KFGO-AM) - Pop music icon and teen idol Bobby Vee has died. Vee was 73. The Fargo native was launched into fame after Buddy Holly's plane crashed en route to Moorhead in 1959. That's when Vee...
View ArticleJunk-rated Chicago school system seeks $1 billion bond sales
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The junk-rated Chicago Public Schools will be selling up to $1 billion of new and refunding bonds pending approval of its governing board later this week.The nation's third-largest...
View ArticleInvestigators seek data recorder in California bus crash that killed 13
By Olga GrigoryantsINDIO, Calif. (Reuters) - Investigators seeking the cause of a bus crash in California that killed 13 people, including the driver, examined wreckage on Monday for any data recorder...
View ArticleHemp may be next gold mine for Native American tribes
By Natalie Grover(Reuters) - Casinos on Native American land have poured billions into tribal economies since the late 1980s, lifting many people from poverty. Now, some hope, cultivating industrial...
View ArticleDakota Access pipeline opponents occupy land, citing 1851 treaty
(Reuters) - Native American protesters on Monday occupied privately owned land in North Dakota in the path of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline, claiming they were the land's rightful owners under an...
View ArticleSubject of debunked Rolling Stone rape article stands by interviews
By Gary RobertsonCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - The subject of a Rolling Stone article on a gang rape at the University of Virginia that the magazine retracted after investigators found no evidence...
View ArticleU.S. scientist dies in snowmobile plunge in Antarctica
(Reuters) - A U.S.-based scientist was killed in Antarctica when the snowmobile he was driving plunged into a crevasse on Saturday, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) said in a statement on...
View ArticleEx-wife of jailed Subway pitchman says company knew of child sex
(Reuters) - The ex-wife of former Subway sandwich pitchman and child sex offender Jared Fogle sued the company in Indiana on Monday, alleging it knew about his pedophilia and failed to act.Kathleen...
View ArticleAlberta mulling legislated target for renewable electricity generation
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The Alberta government is considering enshrining in law its target of generating 30 percent of the province's electricity from renewable sources by 2030, the Minister...
View ArticleAARP sues U.S. agency over employee wellness programs
By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - A lobbying group representing older Americans sued the Obama administration on Monday claiming regulations for programs designed to rein in employee health care costs will...
View ArticleMississippi NAACP seeks investigation of noose incident at school
(Reuters) - White students at a Mississippi high school tossed a rope around the neck of a black student and pulled it tight like a noose, the NAACP said on Monday, asking federal authorities to...
View ArticleVirginia health board lifts contested rules on abortion clinics
(Reuters) - Virginia's Board of Health voted on Monday to remove contested regulations on abortion clinics that included meeting hospital-like building standards, a spokeswoman said.The 11-4 vote...
View ArticleCost cuts but no tax hikes in Atlantic City, N.J., five-year recovery plan
By Elinor ComlayATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Reuters) - Atlantic City, New Jersey's cash-strapped casino hub, will slash at least 100 jobs, or about 10 percent of its staff, but does not plan to raise taxes in...
View ArticleJudge halts enforcement of ban on ballot 'selfies'
By Keith Coffman and Rory Carroll(Reuters) - A federal court on Monday sided with a Michigan man who said a law that bans voters from taking pictures of their marked ballots and sharing them on social...
View ArticleNew York City construction spending forecast to hit record: report
By Herbert LashNEW YORK (Reuters) - Construction spending in New York City is on track this year to surpass the record set just before the financial crisis as an all-time high in city jobs drives...
View ArticleNew Jersey boys survive 100-foot fall with suicidal father
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - Two young boys survived a 100-foot (30-meter) fall after their father leaped off a New Jersey bridge with them in his arms, police said on Tuesday.The father,...
View ArticleAlert level raised for Alaska volcano after explosion detected
By Dan Whitcomb(Reuters) - Scientists raised the alert level for a remote Aleutian volcano on Monday after an explosion was detected on the mountain and heard by residents of a tiny village some 45...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Three for Death of Radio Personality
Terre Haute, Ind (WIBQ) - Terre Haute police are investigating the death of a local Terre Haute radio personality.Around 11 a.m. Monday Terre Haute City Police were called to 5362 Jackboot Court in...
View ArticleBritish Airways says flight diverted to Vancouver after crew unwell
TORONTO (Reuters) - A British Airways flight from San Francisco to London was diverted to Vancouver after members of the cabin crew became unwell, the airline said on Tuesday.British Airways...
View ArticleEmail: UWGB Early Voting Helps Dems
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - An email publicly released for the first time show Green Bay's city clerk refused to establish an early voting site on the UW-Green Bay campus, in part, because it would help...
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