Western North Dakota, Bismarck, Minot, Williston and Dickinson Nation News - North Dakota News Firsthttp://www.kxnet.com/News/Nationen-usCopyright 2010 KXNet.com1800Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609057http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609057<p> A jury has sentenced a south Texas man to death after convicting him of beheading his common law wife's three children in 2003. Prosecutors had sought a death sentence for John Allen Rubio, who killed three children under the age of four in a wi</p>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609056http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609056<p> Watertown businessman Jim Spies (spyz) has resigned from the South Dakota Transportation Commission just days after being appointed by the governor to another state commission. A spokesman for Gov. Mike Rounds said Thursday that Rounds had accep</p>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609052http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609052<p> Arizona is appealing a federal judge's order that put most of the state's immigration law on hold. The state's appeal asks that U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's preliminary injunction be lifted so that all of the law can take effect. Lawyers for Gov</p>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609042http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609042<p> Armenian-Americans have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Turkish government and two major Turkish banks for alleged damages dating back nearly a century. Attorneys say heirs of Armenians killed and driven out of Turkey in 1915 are enti</p>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609041http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609041<p> President Barack Obama has approved a disaster declaration for three South Dakota counties and the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. Gov. Mike Rounds on Thursday announced the declaration, which will free up federal money to help Dewey, Perkins</p>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609040http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609040<p> Police in Modesto, Calif., are wading through the damage from a flood at the downtown station after a suspect broke a sprinkler. Police say 33-year-old Joseph McHenry was in a second-floor interrogation room Wednesday evening when he smashed a s</p>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609038http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609038<p> Jurors in the Rod Blagojevich case are out of sight deciding the fate of the former Illinois governor in a corruption trial that could have been unpleasant for Democrats. A group of President Barack Obama's allies had been subpoenaed by the defe</p>