http://www.noosoop.com your local news Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Source: dispatch.com: RSS ATHENS, Ohio -- Police are asking for the public's help in locating a 15-year-old boy who is thought to have run away with a registered sex offender. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/teen-from-athens-missing/ Source: News/local from www.rapidcityjournal.com Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., was among 32 U.S. senators ceremoniously sworn into office as Congress opened its 2009 session at noon Tuesday in Washington, D.C. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/johnson-sworn-in-for-third-term-in-senate/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com Alden Fast Horse was a kind, thoughtful man who would visit his mother at work, make jokes and keep people happy, his mother told the man who murdered him. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/mchugh-gets-life-sentence/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com Contact information How to contact your legislator: n You can relay a message to a lawmaker during session by calling 888-NDLEGIS (635-3447). Somebody will take the message to the appropriate lawmaker. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/contact-information/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com Lawmakers called Gov. John Hoeven's State of the State address on Tuesday a positive and ambitious plan that is likely to stir some debate over the next four months in light of a distressed national economy. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/mostly-positive-reaction-to-governors-address/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com Mandan's attempt to repeal and revise an initiated ordinance requiring electric doors on all buildings that benefited from public funds failed Tuesday. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/mandans-electric-door-mandate-fails/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com Jim Peluso was voted in as chairman of the Burleigh County Commission on Monday, and Commissioner Mark Armstrong was approved as the board's vice chair. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/county-commissioners-assign-duties/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com The District 35 Democratic/NPL will hold its reorganizational meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Kennedy Center, 1902 E. Divide Ave., Bismarck. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/district-35-democraticnpl-to-meet/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com Bismarck police have received an outpouring of response from across the country since news of a 17-year-old girl calling police on herself was reported last week - including a call for information from a syndicated talk show. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/police-receive-calls-on-girl-who-turned-herself-in/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com The folks at Kist Livestock in Mandan expect to be working today until the cows come home. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/more-cattle-at-sales-ring-due-to-markets-and-weather/ Source: News/local from www.bismarcktribune.com A Bismarck man reported missing Monday was found later that evening by a Highway Patrol trooper near Richardton. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/bismarck-man-found-safe/ Source: News A West Jordan man allegedly took $800 in change during a home burglary. In charges filed Tuesday, police wrote that a Salt Lake City couple found a window had been broken at their home near 400 East and Harvard Avenue (1142 South), and someone had taken a paint bucket ... http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/police-burglar-took-800-in-change-2/ Source: News Utah ranks last in the nation for per-pupil spending, but spends money on students more equally than most other states, according to an education report released today. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/ed-funding-grades-mixed-2/ Source: News Conservative legislators are backing away from costly plans to take on Roe v. Wade this year -- given Utah's tight budget -- but they want to start stockpiling donations for a future court fight against abortion. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/conservative-trio-to-wait-on-abortion-ban-2/ Source: News World War II veteran Eldon Urban made it through the war, an attack from a massive hive of bees so fierce it killed two horses, and 30 years of hard living in a salvage yard trailer. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/man-lived-died-on-his-own-terms-2/ Source: News Traffic began flowing more smoothly Tuesday in spite of heavy snows along the Wasatch Front. "Hopefully ... that has to do with people just driving more carefully," said Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Cameron Roden. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/utah-motorists-wising-up-to-slick-roads/ Source: News As the Utah Legislature slogs through ethics complaints, backbiting and its persistent reputation for secrecy, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker wants to contrast the capital city as an open book. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/becker-pushes-for-more-openness-2/ Source: News Two years ago, a Utah couple at the heart of a scandal that halted international adoptions from Samoa faced a long stint behind bars for allegedly duping Samoan parents into giving up their children. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/adoption-scam-defendants-cut-no-jail-time-deal/ Source: News LOS ANGELES » A Utah native who is one of the digital wizards behind such cartoon smashes as "WALL-E," "Ratatouille" and "Finding Nemo" is getting an Academy Award. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/pixar-animation-pioneer-catmull-earns-oscar/ Source: News The capital city's longest-tenured council member was elected chairman Tuesday, the third such stint for Carlton Christensen. Christensen, who replaces outgoing chairwoman Jill Remington Love, will be joined by J. original story | email this story | comment http://www.noosoop.com/2009/01/07/slc-elects-christensen-to-head-city-council/