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In this Aug. 11, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, greet supporters, in Manassas, Va. Romney’s selection of Ryan as his running mate has not altered the race against President Barack Obama. The campaign remains a dead heat with less than three months to go, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

AP-GfK poll shows White House race still tight

JOSH LEDERMAN and TOM RAUM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the attention it got, Republican Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate...

news Wed, Aug 22, 2012 - 7:53am

Ruby, a 2-year-old Portuguese water dog who is a half-sister of President Barack Obama's new family dog, Bo, poses with her owners, Julie Quanrud and Ric Meixell of Bemidji, and their children, Emily and Jack. Pioneer Photo/Laurie Swenson

White House connection: Bemidji dog is half-sister of Obama family's Bo

A Bemidji family has a White House canine connection. Ruby, a 2-year-old Portuguese water dog owned by Julie Quanrud and her husband, Ric Meixell, is the half-sister of President Barack...

news / agriculture Mon, Apr 20, 2009 - 4:28am

Commentary: Can Obama really be this clueless

By Sheldon Richman If President Obama doesn't understand why the economy tanked, he surely won't know what recovery requires. And if he doesn't know that, he's surely part of the...

Fri, Apr 17, 2009 - 6:54pm

Dr. Mary Wakefield, director of the Center for Rural Health at UND, was named by President Obama today to be the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald

Obama picks UND official for key health care job

The Obama administration has picked one of UND's own to join its health care team. Now the head of the Center for Rural Health, Mary K. Wakefield will start a...

news Sun, Feb 22, 2009 - 1:00am

Peterson: Stimulus package has too much in tax cuts

The $789 billion economic stimulus package President Barack Obama signed today contains too much in tax cuts, says U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, DFL-7th District. The House Agriculture Committee chairman explained...

news Tue, Feb 17, 2009 - 12:00am

Lt. Col. Tim Parker, in the pilot seat and then a major, with Gen. Richard Myers, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the ground in Kuala Lumpur in 2005.

East Grand Forks, Minn., graduate will be pilot for vice president, other top officials

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Lt. Col. Tim Parker, a 1988 graduate of East Grand Forks Senior High and a tanker pilot at Grand Forks Air Force Base, soon will be...

news Sun, Jan 25, 2009 - 12:00am

Peterson doesn't want Ag Secretary job

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Collin Peterson heads overseas next week to discuss a complex financial regulation issue with European leaders. In fact, he handles...

agriculture Wed, Nov 26, 2008 - 12:00am

Former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson announces Thursday that he supports Barack Obama for president. The two-term Republican was accompanied at his announcement by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who has been campaigning for Obama. Photo by Don Davis. St. Paul Capitol Bureau.

Former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson backs Obama

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Minnesota's maverick Republican on Thursday endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president. Two-term Gov. Arne Carlson said he picked Obama in...

Fri, Oct 24, 2008 - 12:00am

Political Notebook -- Candidates have no sweet tooth for sugar industry

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST.

Sat, Sep 27, 2008 - 12:00am

Obama supporters: Candidate on right side of renewables

By Tom Larson Sun Tribune Minnesota supporters of presidential candidate Barack Obama claim their candidate alone is most capable of ensuring that on-going renewable energy initiatives so important to rural...

Wed, Sep 10, 2008 - 12:00am

Youth: We will vote. Really

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Young faces were plentiful at the Pepsi Center in Denver as the Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday. Of course,...

Wed, Aug 27, 2008 - 12:00am

New delegates take to heart Obama's theme of change

By Don Davis St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - Jessica Rohloff has been a faithful voter, but not politically active. Barack Obama changed that. "Barack Obama has inspired me...

Sat, Aug 23, 2008 - 12:00am

Political notes -- Peterson: 'I will not be ag secretary'

By Don Davis and Scott Wente St. Paul Capitol Bureau ST. PAUL - One Minnesotan discussed for a Cabinet position if Barack Obama wins the presidency says he would not...

Sat, Jun 28, 2008 - 12:00am

Down on the Farm -- The unwritten pact

Sometimes you can't win. Just when the Democrats finally find a candidate who's seen the inside of a church, people decide they don't like the church. Oh my goodness, how...

farm Wed, Mar 26, 2008 - 12:00am