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FARGO, N.D. - More than 20 information technology personnel from around the Forum Communications Co. network gathered here Tuesday afternoon to discuss common digital initiatives around the network and to chart the future development of IT needs for the company. The conference was scheduled to continue Wednesday morning at the Homewood Suites in Fargo. On Tuesday, the IT personnel from one end...

Last week, six of us made an eight-day trip through Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park, starting at Nym Lake, just north of the park, and paddling to Mudro Lake near Ely. We caught walleyes, lake trout, bass and northern pike, and we traveled through the heart of the park. On Delahey Lake, near the center of the 1.2- million-acre wilderness, we camped at the "Cookie Jar Campsite" on an island...

By Don Davis Food stamps are at the same time the biggest hurdle to enacting federal farm policy and a necessary part of passing the farm bill. Discussion about cutting spending for the program to feed poor Americans dominated Tuesday as three days of U.S. House debate began on the farm bill, a 2,000-page document to establish federal farm and nutrition policies for five years. Hundreds of amen...

Tonight look to the south and you'll see the waxing gibbous moon paired up with two bright "stars". One's a real star - Spica in Virgo - and the other is the planet Saturn. If you let your gaze slide further south and east you'll soon run into a third luminary - the red-orange heart of the Scorpius Antares (an-TAR-eez). While Antares is one of the sky's most interesting red supergiant stars,...

Updated list of regional races for 2013 Check back frequently for information on upcoming regional or interesting races, distances offered and location. Some regional triathlons have now been added to the list. Click below on event titles for race and registration information. June 21-22 Grandma's Marathon: Marathon, half marathon, 5K, Duluth June 22 Mayville 5K: Mayville Abercrombie Days: 5K...

Patients have a way of hanging onto every nonverbal cue they notice, no matter how small. Was the doctor frowning as he/she entered the exam room? Did the nurse at the hospital bedside seem harried while checking your vital signs? What was up with that brusque welcome from the receptionist? Was that an eye roll behind your back? In any setting, body language is a big deal. The fact that peopl...

  So you've been writing your blog for awhile...everything is fine. But there's something missing. The magic is gone. Cue the melodramatic music. Okay, I won't go that far. But the fact is, sometimes we roll along and blog the way we always do and end up feeling like it could all just be a little bit better. Well, then along comes help in the form of a fabulous man named Shane Mercer. ...

It can be a challenge cooking for two. When I made a big batch of Baked Garden Vegetable Stack the other day, I had a lot of tender vegetables left over. I turned them into creamy soup in 30 minutes. The thin slices of potatoes and tender ribbons of cabbage seemed to demand caraway, that distinctly flavored seed typically found in rye bread. I used to love ladling my mom's sauerkraut dotted ...