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MAPLETON, N.D. (AP) — The parents of four children who live in the southeastern North Dakota town of Mapleton face felony child abuse charges after authorities say they discovered the children living in a wet mobile home covered in dirt and mold.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Beginning next month, anyone applying to become a resident insurance agent in North Dakota must undergo a criminal background check.

BOSTON (AP) — A New York woman accused of scamming almost half a million dollars from the fund for Boston Marathon bombing victims is due in Boston Municipal court today for an arraignment.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man says he will plead guilty to setting fire to a dwelling he lived in with his girlfriend and the couple's child.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for another former North Dakota State University football player accused of skipping out on court-ordered community service.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge says he won't clear a man whose trial in an alleged housing kickbacks scandal wound up in a hung jury.

PHOENIX (AP) — Jodi Arias returns to court as her attorneys ask the judge to vacate the jury's decision that the 2008 killing of her boyfriend was "especially cruel," a finding that allowed the panel to consider the death penalty.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck man and woman accused of locking three boys in a basement and physically abusing them have pleaded not guilty.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a St. Michael man has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison for breaking into a post office on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.

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