Associated Press: The federal government has rejected an environmental group’s request to boost the bond required of an Oklahoma company after a pipeline spilled nearly 1 million gallons of saltwater into a creek in northwestern North Dakota. Saltwater that spewed from the ruptured pipeline near Alexander and was discovered in early January 2006 has been described as the worst environmental disaster in North Dakota’s oil history. Lonny Bagley, the field manager for the Bureau of Land Management …