<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>North Dakota: News &amp; Videos about North Dakota - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/North_Dakota</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about North Dakota from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:10:39 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>North Dakota: News &amp; Videos about North Dakota - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/North_Dakota</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about North Dakota from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>3 North Dakota students found dead; foul play not suspected</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/03/missing.students/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/03/missing.students/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The bodies of three students at a North Dakota university who had been missing since Sunday were found Tuesday in a vehicle submerged in a pond near their school, police said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>King: Back to work but still a bit nervous</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/02/king.sotu.northdakota/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/02/king.sotu.northdakota/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Corey Essig is happily back on the upside of the recession roller coaster. But his lesson on the tough math of unemployment remains fresh.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fewer metro areas suffer 10% unemployment</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/news/economy/metro_unemployment/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/news/economy/metro_unemployment/index.htm</guid><description>The number of U.S. metropolitan areas with jobless rates above 10% decreased in August, according to government figures released Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Where are the jobs? North Dakota</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/19/news/economy/Jobs_in_North_Dakota/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/19/news/economy/Jobs_in_North_Dakota/index.htm</guid><description>Need a job? Move to North Dakota.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>North Dakota braces for more flooding</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/04/14/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/04/14/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>(CNN) -- Residents in an eastern North Dakota town were advised to leave their homes Tuesday in anticipation of more flooding in the already water-logged state.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tax credit cheat sheet</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/14/pf/saving/tax_rebate_willis/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/14/pf/saving/tax_rebate_willis/index.htm</guid><description>Here are some tax credits you don't want to miss. Now, keep in mind that a tax credit is a dollar-for-dollar reduction in your tax liability as opposed to a deduction, which lowers your taxable income.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Snow rolls into Red River Valley; river level drops</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/31/north.dakota.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/31/north.dakota.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Just as the flooding threat decreased in parts of North Dakota, a major snowstorm continued to smack the area Tuesday, forecasters said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Snow hits Red River valley; official warns flood danger 'not over'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/30/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/30/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Some residents were breathing sighs of relief Monday as the Red River receded, but an early-spring snowstorm that swept into the area prompted officials to warn the flood dangers weren't over.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Red River receding; 2 dead in North Dakota flooding</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/29/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/29/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Red River began to recede Sunday after rising to record levels, but officials cautioned residents not to let their guard down, especially in the face of an approaching snowstorm.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Fargo's faith cannot be destroyed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/27/greene.fargo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/27/greene.fargo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In Fargo, North Dakota, in recent days, the word "destruction" has been much spoken. The reference has been to the potential power of the feared floodwaters.</description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flood volunteers relax a little</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/28/flooding.ireports/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/28/flooding.ireports/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jen Sondag got eight hours of good sleep Friday night.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Red River reaches record level, floods Fargo with uncertainty</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/27/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/27/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fifteen helicopters from the U.S. Northern Command along with active-duty military personnel are being sent to Fargo, North Dakota, to assist the state as it prepares for record flooding, a U.S. military official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flood warnings issued; N. Dakota braces for record deluge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/25/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/25/north.dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Forecasters issued flash flood warnings for Bismarck and surrounding areas Wednesday, as volunteers rushed to fill sandbags ahead of expected record floods in the flat state of North Dakota.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Residents race to fill sandbags as flooding threatens North Dakota</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/23/dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/23/dakota.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Flooding threatened up to 6,000 homes Monday in Fargo, North Dakota, where residents rushed to fill more than 1 million sandbags to stem the flow of the Red River, city officials said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>North Dakota gets ready for potential flood disaster</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/24/north.dakota.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/24/north.dakota.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 1,000 volunteers rushed to fill sandbags early Wednesday as many in North Dakota tried to protect themselves from a historic floods that are expected to swamp the area.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: 1 in 50 U.S. children face homelessness</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/homeless.children/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/homeless.children/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One in 50 children is homeless in the United States every year, according to a report released Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five cool day trips around the country</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/03/day.trips.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/03/03/day.trips.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With the economy sputtering along, buying a plane ticket for a getaway may not be a priority.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mortgage delinquencies up - 7th quarter</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/08/news/economy/mortgage_rates/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/08/news/economy/mortgage_rates/index.htm</guid><description>Mortgage loan delinquency rates rose for the seventh quarter in a row to hit 3.96%, according to a report out on Monday. That's a 12% increase from the second quarter's 3.53% average.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Josh Duhamel &amp;amp; Fergie Head to North Dakota for Turkey Day</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20242669,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20242669,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Duhamel says his fianc&amp;amp;#233;e will "get a taste of some cold weather" in his hometown</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>North Dakota's real-life Jed Clampett</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/05/oil.boomtown/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/05/oil.boomtown/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Herb Geving unleashes a broad smile in his 11,000-square-foot mansion. The former cattleman, farmer and owner of a North Dakota garbage business is now retired, able to count the dollar signs brought in by three oil wells.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evacuations Ordered Along Iowa River</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1813722,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1813722,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Residents were ordered to evacuate low-lying sections of towns along the overflowing Cedar River on Wednesday</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>George Dohrmann: Frozen Four has familial, friendly vibe</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/george_dohrmann/04/11/frozen.four/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/george_dohrmann/04/11/frozen.four/index.html</guid><description>DENVER -- Andrew Orpik is only 22, but the junior forward for Boston College can still remember when the Frozen Four had the feel of a backwater event.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Need a job? Talk to the animals</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/04/news/economy/veterinarian/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/04/news/economy/veterinarian/index.htm</guid><description>Dr. Arlyn Scherbenske, a veterinarian on the sparsely populated plains of North Dakota, is directly responsible for the health of every dog, cat, sheep, horse, cow and canary within a 45-mile radius</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tim Tuttle: Just like Tony</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tim_tuttle/02/01/stewart.schatz.win/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tim_tuttle/02/01/stewart.schatz.win/index.html</guid><description>Whether he's running in Sprint Cup or in a Sprint Car, Tony Stewart is never happy unless he wins. He's not only passionate about it, he's obsessive about it. And the drive to win has driven him to championships in not only NASCAR, but also the Indy Racing League and USAC.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>November foreclosures take a dip</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/19/real_estate/foreclosures_take_dip/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/19/real_estate/foreclosures_take_dip/index.htm</guid><description>A new read on foreclosure filings showed a double-digit drop for November, but don't expect the slowdown to last.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Fear of losing culture fuels immigration debate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/04/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/04/navarrette/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>You must know what's really driving the immigration debate. It's the culture, stupid.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Stay on Track</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/02/01/8399929/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/02/01/8399929/index.htm</guid><description>GROWING SALES AT Sundog, my North Dakota marketing business, means logging long hours on the road in search of clients. A good GPS unit can help, so I eagerly tested four new pocket-sized devices in Fargo and its hinterland.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Farmers sue DEA for right to grow industrial hemp</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/17/pip.hempregulation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/17/pip.hempregulation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The feds call industrial hemp a controlled substance -- the same as pot, heroin, LSD -- but advocates say a sober analysis reveals a harmless, renewable cash crop with thousands of applications that are good for the environment. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Source: Firings likely in transport of nuclear warheads across U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/18/loose.nukes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/18/loose.nukes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Air Force will recommend the firing and disciplining of several service members involved in the mistaken flight of nuclear warheads across the country in August, according to a military official familiar with the investigation. </description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Air Force investigates mistaken transport of nuclear warheads</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/05/loose.nukes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/05/loose.nukes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Six nuclear warheads on cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, military officials have confirmed.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Low-skilled worker visas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/dobbs.lowskill/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/dobbs.lowskill/index.html</guid><description>Here are some facts from tonight's program that you may find interesting.    &amp;#8226; The average wage for H1-b computer workers is $12,000 below the median U.S. Wage for the same occupation and location.     Source: Low Salaries for Low Skills/John Miano     &amp;#8226; Wages for 84% of H1-b computer workers were below the median U.S. wage for the same occupation and location.    Source: Low Salaries for Low Skills/John Miano     &amp;#8226; 87% of visas approved went to workers classified as intern or entry-level positions (Level One and Level Two workers).    Source: USCIS     &amp;#8226; Five of the top six employers of H1-b Visa workers are Indian companies.     Source:USCIS     &amp;#8226; 44% of petitions for H1-b visas went to people from India     Source: USCIS    &amp;#8226; 65% of petitions for H2-b visas were for people 25 to 34 Source: USCIS The occupation with highest median salary was "fashion model" at $100,000     Source: USCIS    &amp;#8226; The occupation with lowest median salary was "religion and theology" at</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>America's smoggiest cities</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/01/real_estate/most_polluted_cities/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/01/real_estate/most_polluted_cities/index.htm</guid><description>Los Angeles ranks as the smoggiest city in the United States, according to an annual report card released Tuesday by the American Lung Association. It leads the nation in all three major air pollution categories, short-term particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 15:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Frozen Four: 10 to watch</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/allan_muir/04/05/ff.prospects/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/allan_muir/04/05/ff.prospects/index.html</guid><description>You love hockey but don't watch the college game.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Stay on Track</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/02/01/8399929/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/02/01/8399929/index.htm</guid><description>GROWING SALES AT Sundog, my North Dakota marketing business, means logging long hours on the road in search of clients. A good GPS unit can help, so I eagerly tested four new pocket-sized devices i... </description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bears fans growl</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dr_z/01/26/mailbag/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/dr_z/01/26/mailbag/index.html</guid><description>I am constructing this column as one would build a first-rate lasagna. First the pasta, which would be all those nasty letters I got from Bear fans. (Andrew assures me that there were hundreds and hundreds of these noodles). Then the assortment of cheeses, leading off with ricotta. Then my sauce, heavy with meat and spices. That will be my E-mailer of the Week entry. No fair eating the column. This is merely an analogy.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Flying high</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/seth_davis/01/23/hoop.thoughts/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/seth_davis/01/23/hoop.thoughts/index.html</guid><description>On Sunday evening, I sent a text message to Marquette coach Tom Crean, congratulating him on his team's overtime road upset of then-No. 6 Pittsburgh. I've known and liked Crean very much since his days as a hyperkinetic assistant at Michigan State, so I couldn't help but chuckle at the good-natured smack-text he sent in reply: "Did our ceiling get any higher today?"</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Best College Savings Plan is Getting Better</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/01/01/8397381/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2007/01/01/8397381/index.htm</guid><description>The cost of a college education may be rising scary fast, but the act of saving for it is finally getting cheaper. Competition has broken out among providers of 529s--the tax-advantaged plans for f... </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Entrepreneurs profiting from real estate</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/07/01/8380542/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/07/01/8380542/index.htm</guid><description>You'd think that anybody busily running a small business would be crazy to jump into a different industry at the same time. And mostly you'd be right.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Captors of aid workers extend deadline</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/07/iraq.hostages/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/07/iraq.hostages/index.html</guid><description>Islamist militants holding four Christian aid workers captive said late Wednesday they had extended by two days the deadline the group set for their execution.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Costliest car-ownership cities</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/29/Autos/costliest_car_ownership_cities/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/29/Autos/costliest_car_ownership_cities/index.htm</guid><description>It costs more to own a car in Detroit, an amazing $11,844 a year for a mid-sized sedan, than in any other city in the country, according to a new report comparing the cost of car ownership in various a U.S. cities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas prices retreat from all-time high</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/24/news/economy/gasprices/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/24/news/economy/gasprices/index.htm</guid><description>Gas prices decreased from their all-time high by about half a penny over the past two weeks, to $2.30 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 23:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Answering to the voters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/18/answering.voters.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/18/answering.voters.tm/index.html</guid><description>New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week answered a phone call at his home from a woman with a housing complaint.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>You're Grounded!</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/06/01/8261977/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2005/06/01/8261977/index.htm</guid><description>A record level of flights were delayed or canceled this past holiday season, and experts believe our nation's aviation woes are going to get worse, especially for rural entrepreneurs. Since July 20...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>State-by-state scores on driving test</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/27/Autos/test_scores/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/27/Autos/test_scores/index.htm</guid><description>These are the average scores on a 20-question driver's test administered to more than 5,000 licensed drivers in a survey commissioned by the GMAC Insurance.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2005 14:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tracking down tornadoes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/04/07/tornado.overview/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/04/07/tornado.overview/index.html</guid><description>In a blizzard, two feet of snow won't fall at your house while your neighbor gets a dusting. Hurricanes rarely pummel one part of town and totally skirt another, nor does an earthquake rattle one building and leave one next-door unshaken.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Animal attractions keep motorists gawking</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/01/28/animal.attractions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/01/28/animal.attractions/index.html</guid><description>I don't want to alarm anyone, but gigantic animals are invading the nation. Hundreds of enormous beasts-turned-advertisements are stalking the nation's highways and byways, and they're beaconing travelers to enter gift shops, restaurants and other destinations.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Time for a (credit) check-up?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/16/pf/credit_reports/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/16/pf/credit_reports/index.htm</guid><description>Your credit report is your financial resume that's seen by creditors, insurance companies, landlords and potential employers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dorgan keeps Senate leadership position</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/dorgan.dnc/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/dorgan.dnc/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota said Friday that he will remain chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee in the coming congressional session.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 20:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Same-sex marriage bans winning on state ballots </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/02/ballot.samesex.marriage/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/02/ballot.samesex.marriage/index.html</guid><description>Six months after gay and lesbian couples won the right to marry in Massachusetts, opponents of same-sex marriage struck back Tuesday, with voters in 11 states approving constitutional amendments codifying marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Looking for traction</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/24/markets/sun_lookahead/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/24/markets/sun_lookahead/index.htm</guid><description>From the snowbanks of North Dakota to the muddy back roads of South Carolina, it's a frustration familiar to many American drivers: vehicle immobilized, tires spinning furiously, but finding no purchase in the snow or mud.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Costliest places to own a car</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/16/pf/autos/newcarcosts/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/16/pf/autos/newcarcosts/index.htm</guid><description>It costs a whopping $11,114 a year to keep a new car running in the Motor City, a total of $44,456 for the first four years of ownership. That makes Detroit the most expensive city in America in which to own a car.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>April Fools' and March money madness</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/02/fri/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/02/fri/index.html</guid><description>Aren't we all glad April Fools' Day is over?</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2004 07:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Climax' shirt too sexy for school</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/02/13/offbeat.climax.controversy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/02/13/offbeat.climax.controversy/index.html</guid><description>Showing town spirit in Climax is cause for punishment in this Minnesota town.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Go Pats!</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/02/mgrind.day.mon/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/02/mgrind.day.mon/index.html</guid><description>John Kerry's Pats beat John Edwards' Panthers last night, but don't read too much into it. Bill Bradley's Rams beat Al Gore's Titans four years ago, just days before the New Hampshire primary. And we all know how that turned out.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2004 09:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean: 'We have just begun to fight'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/elec04.prez.dean.tran/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/elec04.prez.dean.tran/index.html</guid><description>Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, once considered the early front-runner among Democrats for the presidential nomination, spoke to supporters after finishing third in the Iowa caucuses.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Size Matters Our strange but enduring love of all             things big, bigger and biggest</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/05/01/341291/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/05/01/341291/index.htm</guid><description>About six years ago, as a friend and I were on a cross-country drive, we stopped in New Salem, N.D., where we visited the town's singular claim to fame: Salem Sue, a 38-foot statue billed as the Wo...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2003 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lost in America: Size Matters</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2003/04/21/pf/saving/travel/giants/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2003/04/21/pf/saving/travel/giants/index.htm</guid><description>About six years ago, as a friend and I were on a cross-country drive, we stopped in New Salem, N.D., where we visited the town's singular claim to fame: Salem Sue, a 38-foot statue billed as the World's Largest Holstein Cow. After gaping at the colossus, cracking a few udder jokes and taking the obligatory photos, we happily went on our way.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Big Picture Why Location Really Is Everything</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/08/12/327017/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/08/12/327017/index.htm</guid><description>National statistics show the real estate market making a slow and steady ascent. But if you call San Diego home, it's a very different picture than if you live in San Antonio. Here's a look at how ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2002 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>October</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/10/01/311226/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/10/01/311226/index.htm</guid><description>Oct. 6-14: A plethora of hot-air balloons--750 of them, to be exact--fills the sky at the 30th annual Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. It's the largest balloon event in the world. Al...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Journeys to the Center The undeniable appeal of             Middle America--no matter how you measure it.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/10/01/309878/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2001/10/01/309878/index.htm</guid><description>A few summers ago, I was driving around North Dakota with my girlfriend, researching a Lost in America article about that overlooked, underrated state. We focused primarily on historic and cultural...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doug Burgum </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/01/278909/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/01/278909/index.htm</guid><description>The 43-year-old Burgum grew up in North Dakota and was a McKinsey consultant before he became chairman and CEO of Great Plains, which develops business-management and e-business software in Fargo. </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Places To Eat And Sleep On Your Dino-Hunting Expeditions</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/02/01/272456/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/02/01/272456/index.htm</guid><description>We asked locals to recommend child-friendly hotels and restaurants near each of the dinosaur facilities. The restaurants are all low- to mid-priced. The hotel rates are for one weekend-night stay f...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>State Secret North Dakota, our least visited state,             is also among the most underappreciated.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268029/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/11/01/268029/index.htm</guid><description>One of our most habitual, reflexive cultural tendencies is to rank things--from best to worst, from most popular to least popular and so on. This is fine if you're near the top of the list, but not...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Riders On The Storm Our reporter tries tornado             chasing--a new, distinctly American, form of tourism.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/10/01/266482/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/10/01/266482/index.htm</guid><description>I'm sitting in the back of a battered, cluttered van parked at a North Dakota truck stop, playing cards with someone I met a week earlier. We both have the punchy, dazed look of people who've spent...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Too Big To Lose</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/24/260293/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/24/260293/index.htm</guid><description>Six weeks ago in this space, we published a photograph of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. "The tallest on earth," we called them, and we meant it. We'd planned to feature Chicago's Sears ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Leukemia Stop Harry Pearce From Running GM? He's             working nearly full-time after a punishing transplant put      </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/10/259537/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/05/10/259537/index.htm</guid><description>A pair of signs outside vice chairman Harry Pearce's door on the 39th floor of General Motors' corporate headquarters in Detroit read: STOP. IF YOU HAVE A COLD, FLU, OR UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION,...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A New Program Helps You Get Fiscally Fit</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/01/01/236896/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/01/01/236896/index.htm</guid><description>If you're ready to position your pocketbook for the next millennium, consider a fledgling financial education program called Money 2000 (no connection to this magazine). Its mission: to encourage p...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1998 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>SIX WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM DISASTER DON'T KID YOURSELF. WHAT HAPPENED IN NORTH DAKOTA COULD HAPPEN TO YOU.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/06/01/227210/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/06/01/227210/index.htm</guid><description>In early February, state and local officials throughout North Dakota and Minnesota issued a warning that every homeowner dreads: Prepare for a flood. Within six weeks, melting snow and ice had caus...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 1997 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WIFELESS IN SEATTLE </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/10/01/89221/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/10/01/89221/index.htm</guid><description>MONEY delivers! Specifically, we have delivered more than 600 pieces of mail to Tim Carlsen (pictured above), the 33-year-old Seattle investment banker whose high-cost search for a wife was reporte...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 1994 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FINALLY, SUNSHINE FOR FARMERS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/04/04/79157/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/04/04/79157/index.htm</guid><description>You won't hear any whooping quite yet -- no one wants to jinx it -- but things are really looking up, down on the farm. After enduring more than a decade of depression, drought, and finally last su...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 1994 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE DARK SIDE OF CHARITY GAMBLING Americans spend $10 billion a year at charity-sponsored bingo and casino games. But only about</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/10/01/88323/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/10/01/88323/index.htm</guid><description>When retired Army Lt. Col. Chuck Luce, 62, became executive director of the South Carolina Association for Retarded Citizens in January 1990, he was confident that the group's high-stakes bingo gam...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DID OUR HEADLINE COME CLEAN? </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/07/01/87418/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/07/01/87418/index.htm</guid><description>I am still seething about your April piece on dry cleaning. One of your subheadings said, ''Fact: Dry cleaners mess up 25% of the time.'' Clearly, the headline insinuates that a cleaner damages or ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN'S U.S. PLANTS UP 9% IN 1991</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/20/76331/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/20/76331/index.htm</guid><description>Every state but North Dakota is now home to at least one Japanese-affiliated factory, most of them wholly owned by a Japanese company, according to a new survey by the Japan External Trade Organiza...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>LEARNING VALUABLE LESSONS FROM BAD FINANCIAL BREAKS </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/10/01/86885/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/10/01/86885/index.htm</guid><description>I'm 27 years old and have just finished reading the August article, ''Tight Times for Twentysomethings.'' I'm one of those who graduated from college with not just one but several credit cards. Aft...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHERE TO FIND BETTER RETURNS FOR YOUR SAVINGS -- WITH SAFETY</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/09/09/75476/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/09/09/75476/index.htm</guid><description>It has been a long, dry spell for investors with cash. Interest rates on savings accounts, six-month certificates of deposit, Treasury bills, and money funds have been wilting for most of the past ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>RETIRE TO FLORIDA, NOT CALIFORNIA Before you retire, pick a state of grace. You can cut your state and local taxes in half in th</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/07/01/86655/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/07/01/86655/index.htm</guid><description>So you're California dreamin' again. Surf's up, palm trees sway, the Sierras shine in the distance. Some 17,450 people age 65 and older followed that vision to the Golden State last year, only to f...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>JAPAN'S U.S. PLANTS UP 40% IN 1990</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/04/22/74946/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/04/22/74946/index.htm</guid><description>The Japanese now own or have big investment stakes in at least 1,435 manufacturing plants in the U.S., according to a new survey by the Japan External Trade Organization. This represents an increas...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DON'T SADDLE YOUR LOAN WITH A HIDDEN WEIGHT</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/04/01/86483/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/04/01/86483/index.htm</guid><description>Quick. What kind of life insurance policy: 1) Pays out an average of only 38 cents to beneficiaries -- and in some states, as little as 17 cents -- for every $1 of premium you pay, compared with 83...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 1991 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shortsightedness pays off, how to not learn much at Princeton, high-risk horses, and other matters. ONLY IN AMERICA (Cont'd)</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/10/73976/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/09/10/73976/index.htm</guid><description>MINNEAPOLIS -- A doctor who performed a blood-alcohol analysis of three Northwest Airlines pilots accused of flying while intoxicated testified . . . that the results, showing elevated levels, were...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 1990 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>TAXWISE Calculating your true tax bracket</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/06/01/85856/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/06/01/85856/index.htm</guid><description>With 43 states and more than 700 cities and counties imposing income taxes on top of the federal government's take, it's more important than ever to know your total combined tax bracket. Then you c...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 1990 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHAT TO DO ABOUT CATASTROPHIC'S REPEAL Best advice: sit tight for now</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/01/01/85600/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1990/01/01/85600/index.htm</guid><description>Exactly how private insurers will overhaul their supplemental Medicare insurance policies now that Congress has moved to repeal the controversial 17- month-old Catastrophic Coverage Act was hazy as...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1990 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>SIC YOUR LAWYER ON THE BANKER WHO QUESTIONED YOUR POWER</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/11/01/85449/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/11/01/85449/index.htm</guid><description>Q. Why are comprehensive durable power of attorney instruments, obtained at considerable expense, not honored by many banks and thrifts? Recently, a bank wouldn't honor mine and insisted that its o...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A TAX BREAK FOR YOUR TREASURY FUND</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/10/01/84712/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/10/01/84712/index.htm</guid><description>Next April will be a kinder month than it has been for fund-owning taxpayers. After decades of tax discrimination, mutual fund shareholders are finally winning equal rights. But the benefits are no...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 1988 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SPECIAL REPORT/NET WORTH SAT (STATUS AWARENESS TEST) </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/12/01/83600/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/12/01/83600/index.htm</guid><description>Ever wonder whether your perceptions of other people's finances square with reality? Take this quiz. We want to warn you that it's not easy; if you answer more than six questions correctly, conside...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 1986 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE EDITOR'S DESK</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/06/66984/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/06/66984/index.htm</guid><description>VANITY isn't the only reason business executives want to know how others regard their companies. 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