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Monday, January 28, 2013  The international thriller from director Ben Affleck received the top honor of best ensemble cast in a movie at Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards, their equivalent of the best-picture Oscar.

Monday, January 14, 2013  Ben Affleck's "Argo" earned him best motion picture drama and director honors at Sunday night's ceremony.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Also among the nine nominees for best picture Thursday: "Amour"; "Argo"; "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; "Django Unchained"; "Les Miserables"; "Life of Pi"; "Silver Linings Playbook"; and "Zero Dark Thirty."

Thursday, September 20, 2012  River traffic up and down the Mississippi is expected to begin moving again Thursday morning after a barge accident last weekend.

Friday, September 14, 2012  UPDATE: Both evacuation orders lifted and the FBI says it's trying to determine if the two threats were related.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  This year, the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce awarded the Business Hall of Fame to the late John Stevenson Senior, Carl Merkel, Dr. Walter Whitaker along with George Spear and his late wife Charlotte Spear.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010  Story updated, all clear given.

Friday, October 29, 2010  Commercial plane carrying cargo from Yemen lands at JFK airport after escort from fighter jets

Friday, October 29, 2010  Explosive found in Dubai linked to mail bomb terror plot; Al-Qaida in Yemen suspected

Thursday, July 29, 2010  A board of military officers plans to investigate a plane crash that witnesses say sent a fireball rising hundreds of feet over an Air Force base near downtown Anchorage.

Thursday, July 22, 2010  Waterloo police say they have arrested 18 people in connection with a check-writing scheme that allegedly defrauded banks of about $125,000.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010  Burlington police have identified a woman who died after she was hit by a pickup truck while crossing a street last week.

Thursday, April 01, 2010  Fargo mayor says it's time to take down levees as Red River recedes, major flood risk ends

Monday, March 22, 2010  The Red River Valley's battle with major flooding for the second straight year has intensified the push for a solution that doesn't rely on thousands of volunteers and millions of sandbags

Tuesday, March 16, 2010  Trucks deliver piles of sandbags as residents in Fargo, ND, prepare for Red River flooding