Take advantage of the abundant pit fruit that is available in supermarkets.

Crookston event benefits breast cancer research
A benefit in Crookston for breast cancer research, now in its second year, has plenty of support. In fact, the $35 tickets have sold out for Shirley's BRAdway Comedy Show on Sept. 17, said its organizer, Shirley Reitmeier of Crookston.  Talk about this topic

More than 600 area seventh-grade students will learn about frontier military life, boarding school trades and American Indian culture during the 18th annual Living History Field Day on Monday at the Fort Totten State Historic Site near Devils Lake.

A Devils Lake woman has been charged with embezzling more than $2000 from the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe.

Pension reform in 2006 helped strengthen accountability in the company-sponsored pension plan system.

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QUESTION: My 2002 Chevy Tahoe, with the 5.3-liter V8 engine and 93,000 miles on it, makes a rapping noise just after a cold start. After a few seconds, it disappears, and the engine is the quietest-running and most powerful truck engine I've ever owned.

A defamation lawsuit against Roger Clemens should be thrown out because the seven-time Cy Young Award winner was merely trying to defend himself against his former personal trainer's doping allegations, Clemens' lawyers argued today.  Talk about this topic

Firefighters encountered a tangle of rattlesnakes, downed power lines and combustible propane tanks Wednesday as authorities looked for eight people missing in a wildfire that has destroyed dozens of homes.  Talk about this topic

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BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued today, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.  Talk about this topic

European Union nations and the continent's biggest human rights organization slammed Iran today for its plans to stone a woman convicted of adultery, increasing the global pressure on Tehran over a case it has tried to frame as a criminal matter and not one of human rights.  Talk about this topic

Angelina Jolie today condemned a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.  Talk about this topic

Carrie Underwood thought she'd walk away from her first movie experience vowing to stick to her day job.  Talk about this topic

Military bases across the U.S. have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" U.S. troops.  Talk about this topic

The remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine caused massive flooding in northern Texas today, killing at least one person and much of the city of Arlington under water.  Talk about this topic

Calling her "a Lindsay Lohan wannabe," a judge has fined "Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi $500 and ordered her to perform community service after she pleaded guilty to disturbing others on a New Jersey beach in July.  Talk about this topic

Telephone service was restored late Tuesday night to about 10,000 customers in four northwest counties, nearly seven hours after a fiber-optic cable was cut near Holt, Minn.

British tabloid veteran Piers Morgan, hired by CNN to start as Larry King's replacement as a prime-time interviewer in January, promised that he "came here to win."  Talk about this topic

The union for nurses at a Duluth hospital says it has reached a tentative agreement with management that will avert a one-day strike set for Sept. 14.  Talk about this topic