Minot Ramps Up Protections as Souris Flood Front Approaches
Minot officials say they have done all possible to shield critical infrastructure as the Souris River nears a record flood. Dikes around the sewer lift station were raised to the limit, and water plant protections are assumed secure. About 10,000 residents, a quarter of the population, were evacuated with voluntary expansions adding roughly 400 people. The river’s rise stems from upstream rain and snowmelt, with Lake Darling dam releases potentially lifting water 2 to 3 feet more, possibly reaching 6 1/2 feet above the 1881 record. Burlington residents also evacuated to aid Minot, conceding the city’s defenses may fail.
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Jerome Gruenberg
Washington politics and Afghan plans clash in debt talks
Republicans abandon debt talks led by Vice President Biden blaming Democrats for tax demands. Cantor boycotts session urging Obama to speak on taxes as Obama outlines a wind down of Afghan combat forces by next year. In Seattle a foiled terror plot links Fort Hood to rising concerns over war crimes prosecutions. A 13000 year old bone fragment with mammoth imagery is reported from Florida as early American art.
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Walli Mujahidh
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Florida
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Western Hemisphere
Journal of Archaeological Science
North America
Dennis J. Stanford
Smithsonian’s
National Museum of Natural History
Obama Afghan plan sparks mixed Republican interest in 2012 field
A Associated Press poll finds Republican voters split over the field with Mitt Romney leading while Newt Gingrich slips from 61 percent to 43 percent in a month. Democrats show interest in the GOP contest as Obama faces re election doubts. Washington reports the president overruled top generals on Afghan strategy.
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Obama
Mitt Romney
Obama backs civil unions as New York debates same sex marriage
President Obama told gay donors progress will be slow but he supports civil unions and believes a day will come when all Americans can live and love freely. Lawmakers in Albany debated a bill to legalize same sex marriage while a large Manhattan fundraiser drew about 600 attendees.
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Fugitive Bulger finally captured after 16 years on run
James Whitey Bulger, long at large since 1994, was arrested in Santa Monica and held on federal racketeering and murder charges. He appeared frail and confused, resisted lying on the ground during arrest, and faces possible death-penalty options in Florida and Oklahoma, with federal authorities to transport him to Boston.
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