Tag: north dakota
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drones assist corralling north dakota cattle rustlers
What’s the world coming to? Predator B drones called in from Grand Forks AFB to assist in June cattle theft. Three men were arrested by local North Dakota Sheriff Kelly Janke after drone helped locate three family members, suspected in stealing six cows. “As the unmanned aircraft circled 2 miles overhead… sophisticated sensors under the…
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food prices continue to climb to record highs during holiday season
from kfgo: The cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in the U.S. is up 13 percent this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The price increases are the largest gains in two decades, as prices have risen in everything from turkey to potatoes to cranberries.
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scientist arrested for smuggling vials used in ebola research into US
from afp: A Canadian scientist has been arrested for smuggling 22 vials stolen from Canada’s National Microbiology Lab, used in Ebola and HIV research, into the United States, Canadian and US officials said Wednesday. Konan Michel Yao, 42, “was taken into custody” while crossing the border from Manitoba province into the western US state of…
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dhs & predator drones are fighting the red river flood
from star tribune: The flood fighters in the Red River have added a high-tech weapon to their arsenal this year. A Predator unmanned drone aircraft, on loan from the Department of Homeland Security, is being used to survey the valley for the first time and give officials a quicker assessment than ever before of the…
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police state int’l: scanners, chips, checkpoints & promis
your isp is watching you google offers to track you by your cell phonefrom cbsnews: Google is releasing free software Wednesday that enables people to keep track of each other using their cell phones. CNET got a sneak peek at it, and CNET-TV Senior Editor and Early Show contributor Natali Del Conte explained how it…
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more minot: lost launch devices, sexual abuse & tampering
3 crew members removed over allegations of sex abuse & equipment tamperingfrom ap: The Air Force says at least three ballistic missile crew members at bases in North Dakota and Montana have been taken off the job while the military investigates allegations ranging from sexual abuse to missing classified components used in underground launch control…
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why not minot? north dakota towns unfazed by icbm rocket
from ap: There’s plenty to talk about at the weekly women’s coffee klatch in the small town of Parshall, and no one bothered to mention the unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile lying in a ditch where an Air Force truck overturned. “We talked about the oil boom, weddings — everything under the…
