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She was supposed to be in Minnesota this weekend giving the commencement address at her alma mater, but instead journalist Roxana Saberi was hospitalized in Tehran after two weeks on a hunger strike, according to an AP report.  An American journalist of Iranian and Japanese parents, the Fargo native went on a liquid-only fast on [...]

President Obama devoted his weekly address today to the communities of Minnesota and the Dakotas that are fighting record floods this weekend. He didn’t mention Hurricane Katrina.

More, including a full transcript, after the jump.

Janet Napolitano, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), insists the federal government is ready to provide whatever assistance is needed to the flood-ravaged Red River Valley. “We understand the seriousness of the situation,” Napolitano told reporters on a conference call this afternoon. “It’s historically unprecedented, and we want to make [...]