Minot Daily Newshttp://www.minotdailynews.comTop Headlinesen-usThu, 23 Feb 2012 02:24:21 EDTThu, 23 Feb 2012 02:24:21 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssSpelling success: Top bee competitors credit readinghttp://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/563310.htmlThe Ward County Spelling Bee champion and runner-up both chalk up their spelling success to being big readers. "I read constantly," said champion Aja Hoskin, an eighth-grader at Memorial Middle School at Minot Air Force Base.Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDTAsh Wednesdayhttp://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/563311.htmlThu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDT2011 flood report completehttp://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/563312.htmlBISMARCK - The much anticipated report on the 2011 flood in the Souris River Basin was presented by Col. Michael Price, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to a meeting of the International Souris River Board Wednesday.Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDTFEMA awards $2.9M for Longfellow Schoolhttp://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/563313.htmlNearly $2.9 million in federal funding has been awarded by FEMA to help repair Minot's Longfellow Elementary School. The school was severely damaged in last year's Souris River flood.Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDTDoing the rights thinghttp://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/563306.htmlReed Soderstrom always has been content to stay off the radar in relative anonymity.Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EDT