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NEW YORK (AP) A study released by the Pew Charitable Trusts has found that clean energy jobs in the U.S. grew by 9 percent from 1998 to 2007, the latest year available. North Dakota is among the states with the fewest number of clean energy jobs, but it saw a growth rate of 31 percent in that time span.

ABSARAKA, N.D. (AP) The Maple River Water Resource District has opted for the least expensive of two plans to repair an earthen dam in Cass County damaged by record spring flooding. The cost of repairing a dam just north of Absaraka is estimated at about $75,000. The federal government will pay about 75 percent.

(Information from: Don Haney, KFGO-AM, http://kfgo.com) Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) Britney Spears is coming to the Alerus Center. The 27-year-old singer is to perform in Grand Forks on Sept. 12, as part of a 20-city tour of the U.S. and Canada.

Fargo, N.D. (AP) North Dakota State might have lost an NCAA tournament Basketball game to Kansas but the Bison gained a Football opponent. What started as casual conversation between NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor and Kansas AD Lew Perkins has resulted in a Sept. 4, 2010, football game scheduled between the schools, in Lawrence, Kanas.

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