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IT'S NO TALL TALE.. A NEW WORLD RECORD MAY SOON BE COMING TO CASSELTON NORTH DAKOTA.

Thursday afternoon mix: A 7-foot-long dog, gun-toting Soccer mom Meleanie Hain is dead and Bob Barker donates $3 Million to Intrepid Fallen Heros Fund.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 photo, Boomer, a 180-pound Landseer Newfoundland dog, drinks water from the kitchen sink at Caryn Weber's home south of Casselton, N.D. The dog measures seven feet from nose to tail.

A rural Casselton woman hopes to make the record books with a dog named Boomer. Caryn Weber's Landseer Newfoundland dog stands 36 inches tall at the shoulders, measures 7 feet from nose to tail, and weighs 180 pounds.

From the far west to the far east. This morning the Billings County Historical Society is handing over their hard earned pickings.

The 7-Day Clinic will rotate through the schools in October to ensure as many children and adults can receive the seasonal flu vaccine.

Aug. 12: Opponents of health care reform voice their opinions during the town hall meeting at the Casselton Fire Department in Casselton, N.D. Americans think Congress doesn't pay much attention to them.

Aug. 12: Opponents of health care reform voice their opinions during the town hall meeting at the Casselton Fire Department in Casselton, N.D. Is it racism or an honest disagreement? In recent days, some - including former President Jimmy Carter - have suggested there is a racial element behind opposition to President Obama and his policies.

Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press CASSELTON, N.D. A spokesman for BNSF Railway says traffic is back to normal after crews worked through the night to clean up the site of a 19-car derailment in eastern North Dakota.

A spokesman for BNSF Railway says traffic is back to normal after crews worked through the night to clean up the site of a 19-car derailment in eastern North Dakota.

Cass County authorities say 18 cars from a BNSF Railway train went off the track about three miles west of Casselton.

Perham and Pelican Rapids fire trucks stood in line for a new world record in Casselton, N.D. A total of 181 fire trucks from the Upper Midwest took part in the Cass County Summerfest parade, breaking the previous record of 159 trucks.

Kenneth Bacon, a Pentagon spokesman in the Clinton administration who became a voice for millions of refugees uprooted by violence and conflict, died Saturday of skin cancer that had spread to his brain.

A tough battle with political overtones is raging in southern Afghanistan. U.S. Marines and Afghan forces are trying to drive the Taliban from a town by cutting off its supply lines, but the militants are offering stiff resistance.

A 63-year-old man from Hunter, North Dakota, died after the car he was driving was hit by a pickup Saturday afternoon.

A southeastern North Dakota town believes it has set a new world record for having the most fire trucks in a parade.

Another issue that gets people worked up, is healthcare reform. And participants of a town hall meeting on the subject were verbal about their opinions.

AT MEETINGS TODAY IN CASSELTON AND MAYVILLE, RESIDENTS TOLD DORGAN THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

Aug 12 2009 12:00AM http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php UPDATE: A reader sends along an eye-witness account of the event that sharply contradicts what the Forum is reporting.