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- Soggy June continues for much of USA
WASHINGTON - Mud season has been extended. From North Dakota to Long Island, rain after rain after rain has dampened spirits and swamped roads. Picnics and kids' baseball games have been washed out, rescheduled and rained out again. Big-time sports, too.
- Owners of flood-damaged ND homes left wondering
(AP)
AP - Craig and Marcia Strehlow's 4,400-square-foot dream home had been their sanctuary for 23 years, a wooded paradise in North Dakota river country. But after record-breaking spring floods, they and thousands of others are left wondering: Will the federal government help?
- An exceptionally soggy June for many in US
(AP)
AP - Mud season has been extended. From North Dakota to Long Island, rain after rain after rain has dampened spirits and swamped roads. Picnics and kids' baseball games have been washed out, rescheduled and rained out again. Big-time sports, too.
- Almost summer? East wonders 'who'll stop the rain'
(AP)
AP - Mud season has been extended. From North Dakota to Long Island, rain after rain after rain has dampened spirits and swamped roads. Picnics and kids' baseball games have been washed out, rescheduled and rained out again. Big-time sports, too.
- Heavy rain brings back flooding problems to ND
(AP)
AP - Heavy rain pounded flood-weary North Dakota for a second day Tuesday, swamping streets, stressing storm sewers and stalling vehicles. Roads were shut down, and the roof of a bowling alley collapsed under the weight of water.
- Alabama escaped convicts caught in North Dakota
(AP)
AP - A nearly 14-hour standoff on a ranch in North Dakota ended Saturday with the arrest of two men who escaped from a rural Alabama prison more than 1,200 miles away, a federal law enforcement official said.
- BLM denies request to boost bond for oil company
(AP)
AP - The federal government has rejected an environmental group's request to boost the bond required of an Oklahoma company after a pipeline spilled nearly 1 million gallons of saltwater into a creek in northwestern North Dakota.
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Introduction
North Dakota became the United States thirty-ninth state on November 2, 1889, together with South Dakota. The capital is Bismarck. Dakota is a Sioux word meaning "allies". The town of Rugby is the geographical center of the North American continent. The state legislature has twice tried to change the name of the state with no success. The Flickertail State ranks 17th in land size totaling 68,994 square miles.
State web site www.state.nd.us
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