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A suburban Philadelphia man serving a life term for the strangulation death of a company intern from North Dakota has been sentenced to an additional nine to 24 months for possession of child pornography on his computer when he was arrested.

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The former St. Joseph's University administrator who supplied crystal methamphetamine and the date-rape drug GHB on the night a North Dakota man was murdered in 2006 was sentenced today on drug charges in a Delaware County court.

The Calendar may say early fall but many North Dakota roads were in dangerous wintery driving conditions this morning.

THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS A PICKUP ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES ON A FROSTY INTERSTATE 29 BRIDGE DECK EARLY MONDAY, KILLING THE DRIVER.

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: ICY ROADS Icy roads lead to ND crashes and death BISMARCK, N.D. Icy roads and bridges led to two deaths and dozens of crashes on North Dakota roads.

School superintendents in northeastern North Dakota report fewer students this year but they say the families of pipeline workers are making up for some of the decline.

Although the final report detailing prevent plant acres across the state won't be out for another two weeks, preliminary results from the state FSA office estimate that approximately 2 million, or about 10 percent of cropland in the state, was unable to be planted this year.

The area's economy will get a shot in the arm beginning in August when another pipeline project is set to begin.

North Dakota is dividing $105 million in federal stimulus money for roads and bridges among nearly 100 projects.

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A man convicted of strangling a company intern from North Dakota has pleaded no contest to charges of possessing child pornography on his computer when he was arrested.

On Monday, riders biked the first leg of the trip - " 57 miles from Grand Forks to Thief River Falls.

State Forester Larry Kotchman says an assessment team is working on an environmental restoration plan for the area, which includes Officials have identified seven sinkhole areas where Keystone Pipeline crews used horizontal drilling to bury pipe.

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: PIPELINE-SINKHOLES Sinkholes appear along pipeline route WALHALLA, N.D. Sinkholes have developed in the Pembina Gorge of northeastern North Dakota along the route of TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline, and some of them have swallowed pine trees.

Teachers are talking about geography in Langdon. The North Dakota Geographic Alliance of Minot State University is conducting a geography workshop this week, with trips around the area.

If you lost your job because of flooding in March, time is running out to apply for disaster unemployment assistance.

Protect your home and your bank account from the ravages of flooding at the Community Mitigation Workshop to be held from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9 at the Cavalier County Courthouse.

Pembina County Extension Agent Leslie Lubenow says the timing was horrible. Lubenow says more than 4 inches of rain fell in Pembina County and almost 3 inches of rain fell near Cavalier.

They've already provided millions of dollars to area residents and groups for flood assistance, now they're extending that assistance even further.