There’s no shortage of people trying to take advantage of other people on the Internet and KMOT covers one man’s experience. The Minot Voice’s golden rule of the Internet: If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
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News: There’s been little doubt as to where market pressures that caused the drop in oil prices are coming from — OPEC. Commentary: We’re guessing the intangible quality that is American ingenuity was left out of Saudi’s calculations when they planned their strategy.
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There’s been growing coverage of honey bees in recent years, specifically of a phenomenon being called colony collapse disorder. And as scientists have worked to find the cause, what they seem to be finding is not a single smoking gun, but a whole bunch of them.
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A bill that would make a Sunday morning bloody mary a little easier to purchase has now passed the Senate after quick amendment that would prevent off sale and a second vote. If signed, the bill would allow alcohol sales at 11 a.m. on Sundays.
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Ward County Farm Bureau and Ward County Farmers Union have spoken out against the proposed 1 cent sales tax and the new funding method for the Park District.
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Minot Public Schools is encouraging all families with a child starting school next year to get in touch to set an appointment for enrolling your future student. The M.P.S. news release is below. — Official News Release, Minot Public Schools — Enrolling your child in Minot Public Schools Minot Public Schools want parent/guardians of elementary,
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Are you curious about how oil companies and drillers know where their wells are drawing oil from? Kathy Neset of Neset Consulting gets technical on spacing the horizontal sections of wells and how they’re determined.
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Storytelling and stunning photography from the most grueling race on the planet.
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Data analysis shows that a single self-driving taxi would be able to replace as many as 10 privately owned vehicles. Efficiencies on that scale will be attractive to private sector businesses, which means — it’s not a matter of if, but when this technology will be adopted.
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We’ve covered self-driving cars in the past because it looks like they’re a big part of the future, but this article give you a chance to actually get inside of one. It’s not yet even a concept car, Mercedes is calling it a ‘research’ car, and the ideas they’re researching are cool!
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A Minot woman has been charged with murder in the death of her three-month-old infant. Details from KMOT News.
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Have you been dreaming of the day where you didn’t have to pay for cable? Here’s an example of you can cut the cord but still keep a lot of the sports pieces in place.
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Farmers’ Markets, CSAs and other local food initiatives should take notice. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making a whole bunch of money available through grants and applications are due soon. Get the full details in Senator Hoeven’s news release below. — Official News Release, Senator Hoeven — WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, who serves
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According to the North Dakota Petroleum Council, economic impact per rig is estimated at about $105 million. Get lots more in this short piece from the Bismarck Tribune.
Read & Share sourced from: Bismarck TribuneWatford City is getting a lot of national media coverage these days and a few folks in town have gotten tired of the stories that have a political agenda. They’ve decided to take control and start telling their own story through a website called Voices of Waterford City. View the Voices of Watford City Website
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Our North Dakota Senators are signed on to a bill that would require online retailers to collect sales tax. The hope is the bill would balance the playing field for brick and mortar stores. John Hageman writing for the Fargo Forum provides a detailed article.
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