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Blizzard conditions hitting North Dakota

A fast-moving blizzard clogged roads and closed schools Monday in North Dakota, causing more headaches for residents still trying to dig out from a record snowfall last month.
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The snow is to be followed by a blast of cold air, dropping temperatures to more than 30 below zero in the eastern part of the state, forecasters said.

The heavy snow in the area so far also has led to warnings of major spring flooding in the Red River Valley.

The latest projection from the North Central River Forecast Center in Chanhassen, Minn., puts the chance of major flooding at 90 percent in the Fargo area and at 45 percent in the Grand Forks area. The weather service defines major flood stage as 30 feet in Fargo and 46 feet in Grand Forks.

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In 2011, as the price of gas hits $10 a gallon, President Garner Ward must contend with a corrupt Canadian cabal that's subverting efforts to solve America's energy problems. Pitt barely escapes serious injury when a bomb destroys a D.C. lab along with records of research into an artificial photosynthesis process that could, almost immediately, eliminate the threat of global warming.