Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press

Fargo, N.D. (AP) Fargo police used ebay for the first time today to auction off assets seized during a drug bust. The auction received a little more than $19,000 for a BMW sports car and a Suzuki motorcycle that were seized in a 2007, and the sale money will be used to buy equipment and to help undercover drug agents.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) A man who died after jumping off rocks at a popular Missouri River swimming site in Montana has been identified as 24-year-old John Hart of Emerado, N.D. Officials say Hart was visiting friends when he went missing Thursday night after getting separated from a friend, and his body was found Friday downstream.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) Liberal broadcaster and MSNBC talker Ed Schultz plans to host a three-hour show on weekday mornings that will be heard primarily in eastern North Dakota. Schultz signed a deal with MSNBC in April to host "The Ed Show" from New York, though he still has a home in the Fargo area and says the local show will help him "stay grounded." Bismarck, N.D. (AP) North Dakota Democratic Party Chairman David Strauss is resigning at month's end because he was recently appointed chairman of an advisory board for the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. The agency provides a benefit guarantee if a private pension plan fails, and Strauss says he can't do both jobs at the same time.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 07-06-09 1601CDT | save this article / add to your favorites list