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WASHINGTON - The best hope for a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" may lie with the alternative minimum tax, an obscure provision of the tax code that is about to become alarmingly relevant to millions of middle-class taxpayers....
October is now the deadliest month so far this year for traffic deaths in Minnesota for vehicle occupants who did not buckle up, state officials said Monday....
Okay, it's almost Election Day. Are you ready for one more round of questions? With the voter ID amendment on the ballot and lots of discussion generally about our electoral process, Election Protection, the nation's largest nonpartisan voter rights coalition, has put together this quiz so that you can test your knowledge of Minnesota's election law. * * * Question: Who may assist a voter with a disability who is physically unable to mark the ballot or a voter who cannot speak or read English? a. Only an election judge. b. Anyone the voter...
LOS ANGELES - Multivitamins might help lower the risk for cancer in healthy older men but do not affect their chances of developing heart disease, new research suggests....
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has been linked to steroid shots for back pain made by a specialty pharmacy in Massachusetts. The medication was recalled in late September....
Our prayers and thoughts go out to our relatives who are having a hard time because of the devastation up and down the East Coast. I urge you to donate to the Red Cross if you possibly can. Having been a victim in the Rapid City flood I know somewhat what those folks are going through. Halloween has come and gone and the “holiday season” is here once again — in particular Thanksgiving and Christmas. Let me be the first to wish everyone “Happy Holidays....
A court order issued on Monday is allowing the Manitoba government to take ownership of a controversial First Nations-owned smoke shop....
WARM SPRINGS -- Tribal leaders, police and medical professionals joined with federal law enforcement officials Monday to bless the opening of the Warm Springs reservation's Child Abuse Intervention Center, the second of its kind on U.S. tribal lands....
When five young people from the Pine Ridge Reservation answered a call for runners to represent their community in the New York City Marathon they never imagined their visit would create such a lasting impression. The trip which was sponsored by One Spirit, a non-profit organization headed by a remarkable woman by the name of Jeri Baker. One Spirit works within the Pine Ridge community bringing food, wood and various programs to community members in need. This past spring the New York Road Runners Club granted five entries to One Spirit with...
Rodney Butler has been elected to a second term as chairman of the tribe that owns and operates the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, The Associated Press reports....
On the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming, an ongoing community health study may finally have the data to back up community members’ claims about high cancer rates, and is looking for the cause, as well. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/11/05/ongoing-study-may-link-uranium-contamination-to-high-cancer-rates-on-wind-river-indian-reservation-142251 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/11/05/ongoing-study-may-link-uranium-contamination-to-high-cancer-rates-on-wind-river-indian-res...
NEW ULM - A University of North Dakota faculty member and author injected humor and satire in an attempt to dispel negative stereotypes about American Indians on Monday at Martin Luther College....
This year’s appointment of several new Battle Creek Public Schools administrative staff members, comprised of people of color, does much to address issues of racial equity within the system. However, many believe issues like diversity and inclusion should play minor roles in education. After all, the only necessary things students must be taught to be successful are reading, writing and arithmetic, right?...
SANTA FE -- Manuel Coronado Cervantes was sentenced in federal court Monday to 15 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised parole, for having sexual contact with a 12-year-old child....
Rapid City man who pleaded no contest to the first-degree rape of a 12-year-old girl was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday....
(Cheyenne, Wyo.) – U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming Christopher A. Crofts announced that on October 30, 2012, Garrett Blackburn, 20, of the Wind River Indian Reservation, appeared in Federal District Court for sentencing before Chief United States District Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on a single count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a)(6) and 1153. The charge carried a maximum penalty of up to 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, or both; supervised release of not more than three yea...