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US Forest Service launches apps for Apple, Android
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trekking through the nation's national forests and grasslands just got easier.
• U.S. Forest Service visitor maps are now available on mobile apps for Android and iOS devices.
• The digital maps are part of the U.S. Agriculture Department's work toward reaching President Obama's initiative to create a paperless government that also provides the American public with better, more accessible information.
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NDSU looks to end league season with unbeaten mark
DAVE KOLPACK, Associated Press
• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- While top-ranked North Dakota State is looking to polish off an unbeaten Missouri Valley Football Conference season this weekend, other ranked teams in the league are staring at unfavorable numbers for the playoff picture.
• The Bison (7-0 MVFC, 10-0 overall) will be heavily favored to defeat visiting South Dakota (3-4, 4-7) Saturday and gain the top seed when a Football Championship Subdivision committee of 11 people announces the 24-team playoff field on Sunday.
• League observers believe the winner of the South Dakota State (4-3, 7-4) and Youngtown State (5-2, 8-3) game should be guaranteed a spot in the playoffs, but too many of the other top teams took turns beating each other.
• "The league has mathematically backed itself into a corner," said Mike Kern, Missouri Valley associate commissioner.
• Kern said the loser of South Dakota State-Youngstown game should be in the conversation, along with Southern Illinois (4-3, 6-5) and Northern Iowa (2-5, 6-5) if the two clubs win on Saturday.
• NDSU head coach Craig Bohl said a tournament with only two Missouri Valley teams would be a "real, real misrepresentation" for the league. His players who have been part of two straight national titles tell him they've had tougher sledding in the league than in the playoffs.
• "I don't think many people on the national committee understand the rigors of the (Continued on page 19)
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