Iraq to dissolve nine militias

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's new prime minister announced an agreement Monday by nine political parties to dissolve their militias, integrating some of the 100,000 fighters into the army and police and pensioning off the rest to firm up government control ahead of the transfer of sovereignty.

Early turnout light in primary election
Election inspectors reported a low turnout early in Tuesday's state primary election. "People are not beating down the doors to vote here. In the first hour, 10 voters cast ballots," said Shirley Blake, an inspector at one Fargo precinct.

Father gets jail time for raising sons in squalor
FARGO - A man here will spend five months in jail for raising his four boys in an apartment full of garbage and rotten food.

Beef lawsuit becomes class action case
ABERDEEN, S.D. - A lawsuit filed by cattle producers against the nation's four largest meatpackers will be tried in federal court as a class-action suit.

Flight of Discovery touches down

The late-afternoon sun made a giant shadow of George Schreyer's biplane, which raced down the runway below him, neck-and-neck with a windblown tumbleweed hell-bent on victory.

South takes control at state

Fargo South took a giant stride to reclaiming the state Class A boys golf title after an impressive showing on the first day of the state tournament Monday at Mandan's Prairie West Golf Course.

New wrinkles in elections debut today

North Dakotans who vote in today's election should bring identification, election officials say, while thousands of voters will be feeding their ballots into a newly deployed scanner, programmed to count votes and detect mistakes.

An alternative approach

When America has an ache, pain, stuffy nose, tense muscle, upset stomach -- usually, it walks, shuffles or limps to the nearest drug store.

Wednesday: No 'garden-variety' garden

Four crops played key role in Hidatsa garden -- and in the winter survival of the tribe