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DukeEgr93's Xanga (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
So, a couple weeks ago, upon my glorious return to North Carolina from South Dakota, I was attempting to make spaghetti when I was thwarted by the 50+ year old range that's been occupying my house since said domicile's creation. Given that said cooking unit was a a relative oddity - being 40" wide with an oven-plus-a-mini-oven, it took some time to replace. And that time is now... Except when I tried...
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Royals Review (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Yankton, South Dakota is the whore of the heartland . Why? Did you ever notice how many teams claim to have a radio affiliate in Yankton... Anyway, the Royals open a new series tonight in the D, with Hiram Kyle Davies (4.81 ERA) taking on Zack/h Miner (3.61 ERA). It seems like every other athlete in the '90s was named Miner/Minor, doesn't it? Or is that just be? Or maybe there were just all those...
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S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
LINWOOD, N.J., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Miss America Organization is pleased to announce that former Miss Alaska contestant, Sarah Heath Palin, has just been named as John McCain's vice-presidential candidate on the Republican ticket. In 1984, Palin was chosen as Miss Wasilla and went on to become the first runner-up in the Miss Alaska Pageant and received the Miss Congeniality award the...
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S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
To steal a line from Max Headroom , here in our tele-democracy, ratings mean something. Citizens voted with their remote controls last night overwhelming for Barack Obama. From The Hollywood Reporter: Obama gives most-watched convention speech ever Barack Obama's historic acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night was seen by 38.4 million viewers -- 57% more than watched...
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S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Reg Weaver, who is attending the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Minn.: "The 3.2 million members of the National Education Association are pleasantly surprised by Senator John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to join his ticket as the Republican nominee for vice...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Members of the Hells Angels appear to have started a bar fight that ended when an off-duty Seattle police detective shot and wounded a biker during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, the Meade County state's attorney in South Dakota said Friday.
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
A ballot initiative on abortion in South Dakota this November could lead to a series of court challenges and ultimately to the Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, antiabortion activists say.
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S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
In its round-up of the 50 states, CQPolitics calls South Dakota solidly for Sen. John McCain, but the rest of the news isn't rosey for the Republicans. An excerpt: McCain’s only worry should be anoverwhelming turnout of South Dakotans who arrive at the polls Nov. 4itching to vote Democratic in the No. 2 and No. 3 races on the ballot:In the Senate contest, Tim Johnson has recovered significantly from...
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S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The following is a transcript of a speech, as prepared for delivery, by David Gipp at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. *** My name is Dave Gipp. I'm Hunkpapa /Lakota from the Standing Rock Lakota-Dakota Nation. I am president of United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota. I'm one of thousands of tribal citizens who support Senator Barack Obama for accepting...
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S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Here is the text of Sen. Tom Daschle's address to the Democratic National Convention in Denver on August 27th. *** Thank you. I want to join with others in welcoming all those who arenew to politics and to our democratic process. In part because of you,not only will our party win, but our country will win, too. In 2002, I had a chance to visit Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan. In thepresidential palace,...
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EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
IBERDROLA RENEWABLES announced today that construction is underway on a 50 megawatt (MW) wind farm, the Buffalo Ridge Wind Power Project near White, South Dakota. The project, expected.. - Read more
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
So long DNC '08. Hello RNC '08! FishbowlNY is about to hit the big, wide, American road with FishbowlDC; a trip that will either take us through Kansas, or Nebraska, or South Dakota, no one seems quite sure. Because no one has yet managed to wire the Plains states, or the interstates, look for us on Twitter. It'll be just like Jack Kerouac except in 140 character bites and less profound. Hooray new...
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robbinsdale radical (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bethany Wojahn was profiled last night by our South Dakota MTV Street Team Rep. Just another example of people that appreciate where Bethany is coming from!
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S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
As my good friend Windsor Lewis at South DaCola points out, the LifeLight Christian music festival organizers seem to, er, fudge the number of attendees of the Labor Day Weekend event in Sioux Falls. So, how many people do you think they’ll say will be there? Free Web poll for your Web site - freepolls.com
