washingtonpost.com - North DakotaNorth DakotaCongress Acts to Curb Offensive Programs- May 4, 2005 A Senate panel Tuesday paved the way for a broad crackdown on radio and television programming deemed offensive, including stiff fines for entertainers who break indecency rules and limiting violence that can be seen by children.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44871-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/n... Frustrated Democrats Find a Voice- May 4, 2005 These are frustrating times for the Democratic Party, shut out of power in the White House, the House and the Senate. Democrats don't have power to call hearings, to subpoena witnesses or to move legislation. But they still have the power to raise a ruckus.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24511-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... 'Sacred' Waters, Unholy Controversy- May 4, 2005 North Dakota's Devils Lake, about half the size of the Great Salt Lake, is at the center of an international controversy, with Canada saying a U.S. drainage plan would push pollutants north into Canadian waters.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3761-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/n... Tribal Grant Is Being Questioned- May 4, 2005 A $3 million grant from a federal program intended for impoverished Indian tribal schools went to one of the richest tribes in the country under pressure from Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), who oversees the budget of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61436-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Farmers to Fight Bush Plan to Cut Subsidies- May 4, 2005 President Bush's proposal to cut $5.7 billion from agricultural programs over the next 10 years has left some Midwesterners questioning their support for the president.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23705-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/n... COAST TO COAST- May 4, 2005 Angered by North Dakota's Limits On Hunting, Minnesota Fires Back Flocks and herds migrate freely, and so should hunters, in the view of Minnesotans angered by restrictions imposed on out-of-state sportsmen by North Dakota, its neighbor to the west.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10522-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/n... House Overturns Ban on Sending Goods to Cuba- May 4, 2005 In a sharp blow to President Bush's stringent new Cuba policy, Republicans in Congress joined Democrats to declare that rules banning the personal shipment of such items as clothing, deodorant and seeds to the island went too far.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37648-2004Jul8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/n... Ex-Halliburton Employee Testifies on Audit- May 4, 2005 A former Halliburton Co. employee said Friday that his supervisors in Kuwait encouraged him not to talk to Pentagon auditors reviewing the company's contracting work and that he "sanitized" files before turning them over to the auditors.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41110-2004Feb13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |