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Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Apr 8 2009 4:14PM
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says
the Obama administration is deeply concerned by reports that a
detained U.S. journalist in Iran has been charged with espionage
and wants her released.
Clinton told reporters at the State Department
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| ND Supreme Court rejects appeal in apartment fire Apr 8 2009 3:18PM
North Dakota's Supreme Court is refusing
to reopen the case of a man who was convicted of setting a deadly
Bismarck apartment fire.
Benjamin Newman is serving a life prison sentence for the May
2005 fire. He was convicted of murder and three oth
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Newman conviction upheld Sep 5 2007 7:17PM
North Dakota's Supreme Court upholds
the murder conviction of Benjamin Newman.
He's the man who set a Bismarck apartment
building on fire two years agokilling Germaine Lewis.
Newman was convicted of trying to kill his former
girlfr
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| ND Supreme Court upholds murder conviction in apartment fire... Sep 5 2007 2:14PM
North Dakota's Supreme Court has upheld
the murder conviction of a man who set a Bismarck apartment
building on fire two years ago.
Benjamin Newman was convicted of trying to kill his former
girlfriend. Another woman died in the fire in May 2005
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Cell Phones Key in Cases Jul 17 2007 7:10PM
How often do you see someone on their cell phone in their car, in a store, or even on the walking path.
They're every where right?
There could be one advantage to that cell phones help law enforcement in their investigations.
Detecti
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| Man convicted in fatal Bismarck fire seeks new trial... Jun 5 2007 9:03AM
The attorney for a man convicted in a
Bismarck apartment building fire that killed a woman is seeking a
new trial, citing what he calls a "rogue juror."
Benjamin Newman's attorney told the state Supreme Court
yesterday that one of the jurors was d
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Cell phone use could lead to new trial for Newman Jun 4 2007 7:09PM
How can a cell phone affect a conviction? A murder case goes before the Supreme Court and that's what it's about...
Benjamin Newman was convicted of murder, attempted murder, endangering by fire and violating a protection order.
He set a Bismar
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Top Stories of 2006 - Part 2 Dec 29 2006 11:30PM
We continue looking back at 2006 tonight picking up from July.
Donnell Preskey has some of our news headlines from the last six months of the year.
July arrived with a bang in central North Dakota - in the form of 100-mile per hour winds that
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Newman sentenced to life in prison Dec 5 2006 7:55PM
(Linda Fridley/ Daughter of Germaine Lewis)
"Mr. Newman 18 months and six days ago you took the life of the most important person in our lives."
Chilling words from Germaine Lewis' daughter before the sentencing of Benjamin Newman.
Benjamin Newman
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| Man sentenced to life in prison for fatal apartment fire... Dec 5 2006 12:51PM
A man has been sentenced to life in prison
without parole for setting a Bismarck apartment fire that killed
one woman and injured another last year.
Sixty-year-old Benjamin Newman was convicted in September on
charges of murder, attempted murder
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Some charges dropped against Newman Oct 13 2006 7:22PM
The man convicted of Murder for the May 2005 apartment fire will not be going through with two other trials set for this month.
Prosecutors have dropped additional charges against Ben Newman.
Newman was going to go on trial for Stalking, Cr
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Newman found guilty Sep 25 2006 11:27PM
Jurors find Ben Newman guilty of Murder...
After hearing a weeks worth of testimony jurors find Benjamin Newman guilty of a fatal May 2005 apartment fire.
Jurors convict Ben Newman of Murder, Attempted Murder, Endangering by Fire and
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| Man convicted in fatal Bismarck fire Sep 25 2006 4:51PM
A Bismarck man accused of starting an
apartment fire that killed one woman and injured another has been
found guilty on all counts.
The jurors got the case of 60-year-old Benjamin Newman late this
morning.
Newman was charged with murder, a
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Newman convicted in fatal Bismarck fire Sep 25 2006 4:42PM
A Bismarck man accused of starting an
apartment fire that killed one woman and injured another has been
found guilty on all counts.
The jurors got the case of 60-year-old Benjamin Newman late this
morning.
Newman was charged with murder, a
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Newman case goes to jury Sep 25 2006 12:53PM
He's on trial for Murder.
Now, Benjamin Newman's fate is in the hands of a jury...
Jurors are deciding if there's enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt Ben Newman started the fire at 306 Ryan Drive.
Their decision has to be unanimou
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| Jurors considering fate of man charged in fatal fire... Sep 25 2006 11:42AM
Jurors in Bismarck are considering the
fate of a man accused of starting an apartment fire that killed one
woman and injured another.
The jurors got the case of 60-year-old Benjamin Newman late this
morning.
Newman is charged with murder,
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Newman takes the stand Sep 22 2006 11:42PM
Sitting in court this week Donnell Preskey could see Ben Newman get agitated when certain witnesses testified.
Newman is on trial for a fatal apartment fire in May 2005.
Thursday Judge Sonna Anderson had to tell Newman to be quiet.
Toda
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| Man charged in fatal apartment fire says his memory is 'foggy'... Sep 22 2006 8:12PM
A Bismarck man on trial on charges he set
an apartment building on fire last year says he doesn't remember
much about that day.
Sixty-year-old Benjamin Newman says he had been drinking beer
and taking drugs to treat anxiety and depression. He sa
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| Former girlfriend testifies in case of man accused in fatal fire... Sep 22 2006 8:51AM
The former girlfriend of Benjamin Newman
says he made threatening phone calls to her in the months before
her apartment building was destroyed by fire last year.
Gail Delorme (del-LOR'-may) took the witness stand in Bismarck
yesterday in Newman'
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Benjamin Newman Trial Day #4 Sep 21 2006 8:39PM
A deputy Fire Marshal says the fire at 306 Ryan Drive was Arson.
Most of the witnesses called in Ben Newman's Murder trial today focus on the fire investigation.
Newman is on trial for the fatal apartment building fire in May of 2005.
As Donnell
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Benjamin Newman's outburst in court Sep 21 2006 12:45PM
Benjamin Newman disrupts his trial at the Burleigh County Courthouse this morning.
Newman is charged with Murder in the apartment building fire on Ryan Drive in May of 2005.
Gail Delorme was on the stand.
She is Newman's ex-girlfriend, the woman who h
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Newman trial Day 3 Sep 20 2006 7:18PM
The murder trial for Ben Newman focuses today on what happened after the fire was set at 306 Ryan Drive.
Ben Newman is on trial for the apartment fire that killed a Bismarck woman.
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| Former apartment building residents say they saw suspect... Sep 20 2006 8:03AM
People who lived in a Bismarck apartment
building destroyed by fire last year say they saw Benjamin Newman
around the building about the time the fire started.
The 60-year-old Newman has pleaded "not guilty" to charges of
murder, attempted murde
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Benjamin Newman Trial - Day 2 Sep 19 2006 11:27PM
The first witnesses testify in Ben Newmans murder trial.
Today the focus is on the moments after the fire.
17 people were living at 306 Ryan Drive when it was destroyed May 2005.
Newman is on trial for causing that fire.
Donnell Preskey
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| Testimony begins in apartment fire murder trial Sep 19 2006 8:21PM
Former residents of a Bismarck apartment
building where a fire killed an elderly woman testified that the
man accused of torching the building was on the premises at the
time the blaze broke out.
Sixty-year-old Benjamin Newman is charged with mu
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| Firefighters among first witnesses in Bismarck murder trial... Sep 19 2006 2:33PM
Firefighters were among the first
witnesses this morning in the trial of a Bismarck man accused of
starting an apartment building fire last year that killed a woman.
Captain Rob Carlson of the Bismarck Fire Department testified
this morning as t
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Benjamin Newman on Trial Sep 18 2006 7:36PM
The man accused of setting an apartment building on fire killing one Bismarck woman goes on trial...
The trial starts today for 60 year old Benjamin Newman.
Newman is charged with a fatal apartment building fire in May 2005.
Donnell Pre
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| Trial starts for Bismarck man charged with murder Sep 18 2006 12:51PM
A Bismarck man is on trial on charges he
set an apartment building on fire last year, killing a 75-year-old
woman in the building.
Benjamin Newman has pleaded "not guilty" to charges of murder
and attempted murder, endangering by fire and violat
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| Trial set for man charged in fatal apartment fire Mar 10 2006 12:00AM
A Bismarck man charged with murder in a fatal apartment fire last year is scheduled for a ten-day trial starting September 18th.
Fifty-nine-year-old Benjamin Newman is accused of torching a 12-unit apartment building last May, killin
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| Bismarck man charged in fatal fire wants jury to decide his fate Feb 22 2006 12:00AM
A man charged in a fatal apartment fire in Bismarck says he wants to go before a jury.
Fifty-nine-year-old Benjamin Newman is accused of torching a 12-unit apartment building last May, killing a 75-year-old woman.
Newman has plea
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| Funeral being held for victim of Bismarck arson fire Jun 3 2005 12:00AM
Funeral services are being held today for a woman who died in a Bismarck apartment fire that authorities say was arson.
Seventy-four-year-old Germaine Lewis died Sunday night of smoke inhalation.
Another victim 58-year-old Mary
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| Authorities charge man with setting fire, say he was trying to kill former girlfriend Jun 1 2005 12:00AM
Authorities say a Bismarck man who's charged with setting an apartment fire did it to try to kill his former girlfriend.
Benjamin Newman is being held without bond in the Burleigh County jail. He's accused of setting a fire last week
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| Man charged with murder in Bismarck fire. May 31 2005 12:00AM
A Bismarck man is facing a murder charge today. Benjamin Newman is accused of torching a Bismarck apartment building last weekend. An elderly woman died in the fire.
A judge ordered 59-year-old Benjamin Newman held without bail in th
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