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.

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.

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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