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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Health officials say about two dozen H1N1 Flu vaccination clinics are scheduled to be held in South Dakota by Dec. 9. Wendell Hoffman, a doctor at Sanford Clinic in Sioux Falls, says he thinks the vaccine's benefits outweigh the risks.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Nike says its Heartland Regional cross country championships will be held in Sioux Falls for another three years. The 2009 race is scheduled for Saturday at Yankton Trail Park. The races from 2010 through 2012 also will be in Sioux Falls.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) Gov. Mike Rounds plans to attend the annual conference of the Council of State Governments later this week in California. Rounds is the council's incoming chairman. The meeting starts tomorrow and ends Saturday. One topic to be discussed is what happens to state finances after the economic stimulus money ends.

VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) The South Dakota Labor Department's unemployment insurance director says additional benefits from a 14-week extension won't hurt the struggling state unemployment trust fund. Don Kattke (KAT'-kee) says the extra benefits part of legislation the president signed are federally authorized so the government pays the tab.

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