Tuesday,  September 18, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 063 • 41 of 53 •  Other Editions

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• Johnson's wife, Barbara, fell while running last month and fractured an arm and a wrist.
• Barbara Johnson jokes that she knew her husband was sympathetic about her recent injuries, but he didn't need sustain his own injury to show how he felt.
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North Dakota State remains atop FCS coaches' poll

• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota State University remains atop the Football Championship Subdivision coaches' poll this week.
• The defending national champion Bison were idle this week. They host Prairie View A&M on Saturday.
• Montana State moved up to second in the poll. Sam Houston State and Youngstown State are in a tie for third, followed by Old Dominion in fifth.
• The University of North Dakota and South Dakota State got votes in the poll but did not crack the Top 25.
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Fire destroys Andover honey company building

• ANDOVER, S.D. (AP) -- A weekend fire destroyed a building at the Taylor Honey Co. in the northeastern South Dakota town of Andover, but the company owner and others say the incident could have been worse.
• The Sunday afternoon fire started in the engine of a fuel-powered pump that two workers were using inside the building, Fire Chief Torre Raap said. One man was treated at the scene for minor burns.
• Firefighters contained the blaze to the honey company building but a few homes nearby were evacuated as a precaution.
• Sue Clynick, who lives a block away from the building, said she could hear explosions and see pieces of steel flying through the air.
• "You could just hear poof, poof; it was just scary," she told the American News.  "It could have been really bad here in Andover."
• Fire departments from four area towns were called in to help battle the blaze, KDLT-TV reported. Smoke from the fire could be seen more than 20 miles away.
• The building contained beeswax, honeycombs and other items, but no honey.
• "Fortunately, we're kind of wrapping up the honey harvest," business owner Paul Taylor told the newspaper. "In this area, we just finished last week. The honey had been shipped off.
•  "It could have been a lot worse," he said.

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