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DNA LifePrint event scheduled today

The Fargo Police Department and Nodak Mutual Insurance will sponsor the DNA LifePrint Child Safety event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Sears wing of the West Acres mall, Fargo.

Otter Tail history group to host Halloween event

The Otter Tail County Historical Society will host storytelling programs at 7 and 9 p.m. Oct. 30 at the society’s haunted museum.

‘Cans for Cash’ special collection Thursday

The city of Fargo will host a special “Help Fill the Bin” recycling event from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the northwest Fargodome parking lot as part of the “Cans for Cash” recycling program.
6-year-old Falcon Heene is hugged by his mother, Mayumi, after a news conference Thursday outside the family’s home in Fort Collins, Colo. Associated Press

Balloon boy found safe in family’s garage

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — It looked like something straight out of science fiction and sounded like a parent’s worst nightmare: A flying saucer-shaped helium balloon zooming across the skies of Colorado with a boy named Falcon inside.

Clay sees more children in poverty

Every day, Shanna Grefsrud sees the children who suffer from poverty. So when she saw that the number of Minnesota children in poverty is up, she wasn’t surprised.

Soroptimists seeking Ruby Award nominees

Soroptimist International of Fargo is seeking nominations for its Ruby Award, which honors women who use their personal or professional influence to improve the lives of other women.
Freed journalist Laura Ling's sister Lisa Ling talks to the media Aug. 5 at her home in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Ling will speak Saturday at the Women's Showcase at the Fargodome. Associated Press

Lisa Ling offers a woman's view

The former "View" co-host and TV journalist discuses her Women's Showcase appearance and how she coped with her sister's imprisonment in North Korea.

Birth announcements (Oct. 14, 2009)

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West Fargo schools to offer flu vaccinations

West Fargo Public Schools is partnering with the 7 Day Clinic to offer seasonal flu shots and H1N1 flu vaccinations from 4 to 8 p.m.:

Fargo Jaycees to host free Halloween event

The Fargo Jaycees will host its annual community Halloween event from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Fargo Civic Center.
Seven-year-old Halle Johnson reacts Tuesday after receiving the nasal mist flu vaccine from 7-Day Clinic nurse Megan Klemisch at Washington Elementary in Fargo. Carrie Snyder / The Forum

Demand for flu shots high

Clinic working with local schools will now require preregistration
With demand for the flu vaccine outstripping expectations, organizers of flu shot clinics being offered at Fargo and West Fargo schools are requiring everyone who wants a shot to preregister starting today.

Birth announcements (Oct. 13, 2009)

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Parenting Perspectives: Approve Moorhead referendum on Nov. 3

Last year, I volunteered to be a parent-helper for my daughter’s first-grade holiday party.
Alton Brown is shown on the Atlanta set of his creative cooking show, “Good Eats.” A vegetable-averse child chose Brown’s Parsnip Muffins as his favorite vegetable-based recipe in a Food Network tasting. Associated Press

Muffins, soup suit kids’ tastes

In the battle to get a 5-year-old boy to embrace vegetables, the Food Network’s Alton Brown offered up these parsnip muffins, which were the easy winner in the taste test.
Five-year-old food-tester Parker Hirsch found Iron Chef contestant Holly Smith’s Pappa al Pomodoro a problem because of its abundance of tomatoes. Associated Press

Celebrity chefs offer vegetable recipes kids might just like

Can television chefs make my 5-year-old a better eater?

Birth announcements (Oct. 12, 2009)

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What to do when you have the flu

The flu tends to come on suddenly – you’re fine in the morning but then aching and shivering that night – whereas a cold usually develops gradually over the course of two or three days.
A study published in the Lancet medical journal shows that pregnant women are four times more likely to be hospitalized from the H1N1 virus than the general public. Associated Press

Pregnant mothers have decision to make

WASHINGTON – They are usually urged not to drink coffee, sip wine or pop aspirin. But now pregnant women find themselves atop the federal government’s priority list for those who ought to receive the new swine flu vaccine – a prospect that some mothers-to-be are greeting with caution.
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