New standoff in pipeline protest ebbs without violence
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CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — A standoff between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and law enforcement over a highway roadblock diminished Friday without incident, a marked contrast to the forced removal a day earlier of protesters occupying private property.