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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 9 2010 4:27PM
Communities could choose to allow alcohol
sales on Sundays and Memorial Day, but not Christmas Day, under a
revised bill passed by the House on Tuesday.
The original legislation called for lifting the state's ban on
wine and liquor sales on Sund
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| Sunday, Memorial Day alcohol sales get nod Feb 9 2010 4:06PM
Communities could choose to allow alcohol
sales on Sundays and Memorial Day, but not Christmas Day, under a
revised bill passed by the House on Tuesday.
The original legislation called for lifting the state's ban on
wine and liquor sales on Sund
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| Felony charge filed against accused drunken driver Feb 9 2010 11:12AM
A father accused of driving drunk with
his three children in the vehicle is facing a felony charge
resulting from a fatal crash.
Thirty-seven-year-old Jeffrey Martin of Lakeville was charged
Monday with criminal vehicular homicide in the death o
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| David Beckham Academy shuttered in US, Britain Feb 8 2010 5:23PM
The David Beckham Academy in Carson and
another location in Britain have closed, although the Los Angeles
Galaxy star is working to develop another soccer coaching program
for children.
Both camps were jointly run by Anschutz Entertainment Group
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| Charlie and Brooke Sheen arrive in court Feb 8 2010 3:24PM
Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife have
arrived at a courthouse in Aspen, where he faces domestic violence
allegations.
The two arrived separately Monday, and only the judge can
determine if they can leave together.
The star of TV's "Two and
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| Bobcats C Chandler close to return, won't start Feb 8 2010 12:57PM
Charlotte Bobcats center Tyson Chandler
is close to returning from a foot injury that has sidelined him for
22 games.
When he does come back, he'll come off the bench at least for
now.
Chandler participated in his first full practice Mond
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 8 2010 11:26AM
Israel says it's more proof that Iran is
"ridiculing the entire world."
It's Israel's reaction to Iran's official notification today
that it will be enriching at least some of its uranium.
Just getting the stockpile to 20 percent enrichment,
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| Yemen's alQaida deputy chief urges new attacks Feb 8 2010 10:37AM
The deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in
Yemen has called for attacks on Saudi Arabia and U.S. interests in
the region.
Said al-Shihri urged followers in an audio message posted Monday
on the Internet "to attack the interests of America and th
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| Charlie and Brooke Sheen due in court Monday Feb 8 2010 4:26AM
Charlie is facing arraignment Monday in
connection with his Christmas Day arrest on domestic violence
allegations involving his wife.
The star of TV's "Two and a Half Men" and his wife, Brooke,
are both to appear in an Aspen courtroom before Dis
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| Administration criticizes GOP attackers Feb 7 2010 5:02PM
The administration is hitting back at
Republican critics for allegedly playing politics with national
security.
Deputy national security adviser John Brennan especially took
Republicans to task over the attempted Christmas Day airliner
attack.
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| Deadly blast rocks plant...Snow leaves many powerless...Palin may... Feb 7 2010 2:42PM
A town fire official in Connecticut
says a deadly explosion has occurred at a plant under construction
as workers were purging the gas lines. Officials say there are
multiple fatalities and injuries. Dogs are at looking for victims
in the rubble. The
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 7 2010 11:05AM
The snow has stopped, but the challenges
remain in the storm-socked Mid-Atlantic.
It could be days before all the streets are dug out and power is
restored after a triple whammy of heavy snow, high winds and frigid
conditions.
With parts o
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| Palin: `war card' could help Obama...Handling of bomb plot... Feb 7 2010 9:55AM
Sarah Palin says President Barack Obama could
improve his chances of being re-elected if he declared war on Iran
or showed stronger support for Israel. She predicts he won't be
re-elected if he continues on his current path. The former GOP vice
presi
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| Brennan: Stop criticizing antiterror efforts Feb 7 2010 8:45AM
President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism
adviser says he's tired of lawmakers and others criticizing the
administration's actions concerning the Christmas airliner plot.
John Brennan says some in Washington are using national security
as "p
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| Family greets freed missionary Feb 6 2010 10:59PM
An emotional welcome in Los Angeles for the
American missionary held by North Korea for 43 days.
Robert Park was greeted by his parents and brother after
arriving on a flight from Beijing. He looked thin and pale, and
kept his eyes downcast. He
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| Palin speaks...Endeavour fuels up...Taxi tests Feb 6 2010 9:56PM
Sarah Palin has told an enthusiastic
crowd at the national "tea party" convention in Nashville, Tenn.,
that the string of recent Republican victories at the polls bodes
well for conservative candidates this year. She thinks the
administration's polic
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| Palin: Obama administration mishandling terrorism Feb 6 2010 9:49PM
Sarah Palin says the recent attempted
bombing of an airliner on Christmas Day was evidence that the Obama
administration doesn't understand the war on terror.
She told the "tea party" convention Saturday that questioning
the suspect for 50 minut
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| Back in the U.S....Stormwrecked SoCal...Planes crash... Feb 6 2010 9:14PM
Sarah Palin is predicting a good year
for conservative candidates for public office, saying the policies
of President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress will
be short-lived. Palin told the national "tea party" convention in
Nashville, Te
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| US missionary freed by NKorea is on his way home Feb 6 2010 1:38AM
An American missionary is on his way home after
being freed by North Korea, which detained him for illegally
crossing its border from China on Christmas Day.
Robert Park, of Tucson, Ariz., looked pale and drawn as U.S.
consular officials guide
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 6 2010 1:24AM
Some forecasters are predicting the biggest
storm in modern history for the nation's capital and blizzard-like
conditions are making themselves felt.
Authorities blamed the storm for hundreds of accidents and the
deaths of father-son Samaritans
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| Big storm battering MidAtlantic...Cut free from North Korea... Feb 5 2010 11:48PM
A massive winter storm moving across the
Mid-Atlantic has claimed at least two lives. Forecasters say the
storm is "extremely dangerous" and warn there will be blizzard
conditions. There could be record snowfall in and near the nation's
capital, 30 i
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| North Korea frees American...Small business proposal... Feb 5 2010 10:52PM
His actions risked the death penalty, but an
American missionary who slipped into North Korea on Christmas Day
has been freed. Arizona missionary Robert Park sneaked into the
country to protest human rights violations and to call for the
resignation
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| American freed...Appeals for church group...Geithner: Nation... Feb 5 2010 9:56PM
A news report says an American
missionary has arrived in China after being freed by North Korea.
There were no other details in a report by South Korea's Yonhap
news agency. Robert Park slipped into North Korea on Christmas Day
to call for the resi
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| Report: NKorea releases American...Wintry assault...Jackson case... Feb 5 2010 9:07PM
A South Korean news agency says a U.S.
missionary detained in North Korea has been released and has
arrived in China. Robert Park illegally entered North Korea on
Christmas Day as a human rights protest.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) Ten U.S.
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| Charlie Sheen's car goes down a cliff, nobody inside... Feb 5 2010 3:38PM
A publicist for actor Charlie Sheen says the
actor is "fine."
But that's more than you can say for his Mercedes.
The car was found early today, overturned, hundreds of feet down
a cliff near his California home. But police say there's no
evi
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| FAA: Scope of plane attack not immediately known Feb 5 2010 2:28PM
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration
says the pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 didn't immediately
know that a passenger had attempted to ignite a bomb on the
Christmas Day flight.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt says there was
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| Grammy winner Feliciano reports harassing calls Feb 5 2010 11:33AM
Grammy-winner Jose Feliciano has told
Florida authorities that he and a caregiver have received a series
of harassing phone calls telling him to "get out."
Feliciano, who composed the popular Christmas song "Feliz
Navidad," met with a Lee County S
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Feb 5 2010 6:32AM
Standing before the
wreckage of his bulldozed home a few weeks before Christmas, John
Lokitis Jr. felt sick to his stomach, certain that a terrible
mistake had been made. He'd fought for years to stay in the house.
It was one of the few left standi
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Feb 5 2010 2:34AM
North Korea has announced it will free
an American missionary detained for illegally crossing its border
on Christmas Day.
The North's Central News Agency says the government "decided to
leniently forgive and release" Robert Park, taking what it
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| Toyota troubles multiply...Report: China sending envoy to... Feb 5 2010 12:56AM
The tarnish continues to spread over Toyota's
image. The automaker is now considering a U.S. and Japanese recall
of Prius hybrids the vehicle that's a symbol of its
technological prowess and green car ambitions. Toyota is also
investigating possible
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| Major snow forecast...Report: Prius recall...Brown seated in... Feb 5 2010 12:07AM
Forecasters are warning that some parts of the
Mid-Atlantic could be blanketed with up to 2 feet of snow by
Saturday. And the storm is expected to pack winds that will create
blizzard conditions and high drifts. Some school systems have
canceled Frid
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| Church group charged...More Toyota problems?...Jackson doctor to... Feb 4 2010 10:03PM
They said they were rescuing
abandoned Haitian children. But 10 Baptist missionaries being held
in Port-au-Prince are facing charges of child kidnapping. A State
Department spokesman says the U.S. is open to discuss "other legal
avenues." Haiti's pri
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| NKorea: Freeing Americans...Report: Prius recall...Snow storm... Feb 4 2010 9:07PM
North Korea says it will free an
American missionary detained for illegally crossing its border on
Christmas Day. Robert Park slipped across a frozen river from
China. He was carrying letters calling on North Korean leader Kim
Jong Il to resign and t
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 4 2010 8:18PM
Scott Brown is now officially a U.S. senator.
The Massachusetts Republican was sworn in by Vice President Joe
Biden on Thursday at a Capitol Hill ceremony. Brown took over the
seat held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died in August of
brai
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| Scoring binge puts Thunder's Durant in MVP company Feb 4 2010 4:48PM
One by one, Kevin Durant has been taking
the [[kxtopic:nba:t[NBA]:t]]'s biggest names and scoring his way right on past them.
First Kobe. Then LeBron. Next up, Carmelo.
With a tear that began just before [[kxtopic:christmas:t[Christmas]:t]],
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| Stock selloff...Kidnap charges...Nigerian gives up information... Feb 4 2010 3:52PM
A flood of bad news has prompted investors to
pull money out of the stock market today with the Dow trading
below 10,000 for the first time since November. Rising debt levels
in Europe, and an increase in the number of Americans filing for
unemploym
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Feb 4 2010 12:57PM
Standing before the
wreckage of his bulldozed home a few weeks before Christmas, John
Lokitis Jr. felt sick to his stomach, certain that a terrible
mistake had been made. He'd fought for years to stay in the house.
It was one of the few left standi
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 4 2010 8:17AM
The number of newly laid-off workers filing
initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week,
evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.
The rise is the fourth in the past five weeks. Most economists
hoped that c
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| Egypt unveils renovations at oldest monastery Feb 4 2010 7:14AM
Egypt's antiquities chief has announced
the completion of an 8-year, $14.5 million restoration of the
world's oldest Christian monastery, touting it as a sign of
Christian-Muslim coexistence.
The unveiling Thursday of the work at St. Anthony's M
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| Toyota takes a beating...Winter storm worries...Yemeni cleric... Feb 4 2010 6:53AM
Toyota stock continues to take a beating amid
snowballing problems with quality. The carmaker now admits to
design problems with brakes on its prized Prius hybrid. Toyota has
recalled millions of cars of eight other models for problems with
sticky ga
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| US cleric: Accused plane bomber was my student Feb 4 2010 6:25AM
A radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric
says he supports the failed Christmas Day airliner attack but that
he didn't order the suspect, his Nigerian student, to do it.
Al-Jazeera television reports the U.S.-born cleric, Anwar
al-Awlaki, spoke i
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Feb 4 2010 2:48AM
President Barack Obama is starting his day by
speaking at the 58th annual National Prayer Breakfast in
Washington.
The president and first lady join thousands of guests, including
members of Congress and other government and religious leaders fr
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 3 2010 8:04PM
Attorney General Eric Holder says he was the
one who made the decision, but the FBI informed its partners in the
intelligence community that the Christmas Day terror suspect would
be charged in civilian court and that no objections were raised.
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| Obama: Don't play it safe...Brown to be sworn in Feb 3 2010 3:03PM
In the aftermath of their defeat in
Massachusetts, President Barack Obama says Democrats might be
tempted to "tread lightly, keep your head down and play it safe."
But he urged his party's members in the Senate today to resist that
temptation. Obama
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| CORRECTS 15th NewsMinute story Feb 3 2010 2:35PM
Attorney General Eric Holder says it was his
decision and he heard no objections from any other government
agencies. He's talking about the decision to charge the Christmas
Day terror suspect in civilian court, rather than the military
system. Meanw
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| AG Holdes says he made decision to charge Christmas Day terror... Feb 3 2010 2:28PM
Attorney General Eric Holder says he was the
one who made the decision, but the FBI informed its partners in the
intelligence community that the Christmas Day terror suspect would
be charged in civilian court and that no objections were raised.
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| Holder's decision...Scientist convicted...Brown wants to take... Feb 3 2010 2:07PM
Attorney General Eric Holder says it was his
decision and he heard no objections from any other government
agencies. He's talking about the decision to charge the Christmas
Day terror suspect in civilian court, rather than the military
system. Meanw
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| Don't stop driving...Holder's decision...Peace talks could resume... Feb 3 2010 1:04PM
If you're driving a recalled Toyota, you don't
have to park it right away. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is
taking back the advice he delivered today before a House panel. He
says he misspoke when he advised owners of those cars to stop
driving
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| AG: I made decision to charge terror suspect Feb 3 2010 12:22PM
Attorney General Eric Holder says he made the
decision to charge the Christmas Day terror suspect in the civilian
system with no objection from all the other relevant departments of
the government.
In a letter to Senate Republican Leader Mitch M
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AG Holder: I made decision to charge Christmas
Day terror suspect in civilian system.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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| Egypt Christians call for right to build churches Feb 3 2010 11:33AM
Egyptian activists have protested in front of
parliament and called for legislation giving Christians equal
rights as Muslims to build houses of worship.
The demonstrators, both Muslim and Christian, were also
protesting Wednesday against the se
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| Talking to Toyota...Stocks fall...Murder charge? Feb 3 2010 9:06AM
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he
plans to speak with Toyota's president about the automaker's spate
of recalls in the United States. LaHood confirms that the
government is investigating potential electrical problems in Toyota
vehicles. In
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| 2 Americans die in Afghanistan...Abdulmutallab cooperating...Prius... Feb 3 2010 12:56AM
Two U.S. service members have been killed in a bomb
strike in southern Afghanistan. NATO forces say the attack happened
Tuesday, but haven't released any more details. An already volatile
southern Afghanistan has seen increasing violence over the past
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| Bomb suspect's family helps FBI Feb 2 2010 10:52PM
The Nigerian accused of trying to take down an
airliner with an underwear bomb on Christmas Day is cooperating
with investigators.
Officials say Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (OO'-mahr fah-ROOK'
ahb-DOOL'-moo-TAH'-lahb) has been discussing his conta
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| Attack warning...Health care overhaul restart...Ice house project... Feb 2 2010 8:53PM
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee
have heard a chilling warning from the CIA director. Leon Panetta
says al-Qaida can be expected to attempt an attack on the United
States in the next three to six months. He also says al-Qaida is
inspiring
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 2 2010 7:15PM
FBI agents flew to Nigeria in the days
following a failed Christmas Day terrorist attack and got the
alleged bomber's family to help them persuade him to cooperate.
It worked. A senior Obama administration official says the FBI
and family member
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| AP source: Suspect's family led to FBI cooperation Feb 2 2010 6:54PM
FBI agents flew to Nigeria in the days
following a failed Christmas Day terrorist attack and got the
alleged bomber's family to help them persuade him to cooperate.
It worked. A senior Obama administration official says the FBI
and family member
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| Official: Terror suspect talking...Military gay policy debated... Feb 2 2010 6:05PM
The suspect in the attempted Christmas Day
bombing of a U.S. airliner headed to Detroit is said to be talking
with FBI investigators. A law enforcement official says Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab has been providing "useful information." Some
critics of t
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| Algeria wants to get off US air travel watch list Feb 2 2010 2:42PM
Algeria's interior minister is
threatening to reply in kind if his country remains on U.S. and
French special terrorism-related air travel watch lists.
Algeria says it is "unacceptable" for the North African nation
to be on such lists.
Nou
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| Gates demurs on question of NY terrorism trial Feb 2 2010 11:47AM
Defense Secretary Robert Gates isn't saying
whether he thinks it's appropriate to try the self-proclaimed Sept.
11 mastermind in a New York civilian court.
Gates was asked about it by Sen. John McCain at a Senate Armed
Services Committee heari
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Feb 2 2010 6:46AM
A January survey of business leaders in nine
Midwest and Plains states including South Dakota suggests that the
region's economy is picking up steam. Creighton University
economist Ernie Goss says that "the likelihood of dipping back
into recessionar
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| Hershey 4Q profit climbs, partly on price hikes Feb 2 2010 6:25AM
Hershey, the nation's second-biggest candy
maker, says its fourth-quarter profit climbed on price increases
and lower charges as it continued to push its brands to
cost-conscious consumers and gain market share.
Hershey Co., which recently said
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Feb 2 2010 2:48AM
Haiti's prime minister says it's
clear to him that the 10 U.S. Baptists who tried to take 33
children out of his quake-ravaged country without permission "knew
what they were doing was wrong."
But Prime Minister Max Bellerive says his country is o
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Feb 2 2010 2:13AM
The South Dakota House has rejected a plan
to let people buy alcohol any day of the year.
The measure failed on a vote of 34-35 on Monday after opponents
said they don't want to open up the sale of wine and liquor on
[[kxtopic:christmas:t[Christ
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| SD House rejects uniform alcohol sales bill Feb 1 2010 5:23PM
The South Dakota House has rejected a plan
to let people buy alcohol any day of the year.
The measure failed on a vote of 34-35 on Monday after opponents
said they don't want to open up the sale of wine and liquor on
Christmas and Memorial Day.
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| Colbert hosts Grammys, wins 1 Jan 31 2010 8:53PM
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By The Associated Press
Comic Stephen Colbert didn't just host the Grammys. He won one,
too.
The Comedy Central host won his first Grammy for the soundtrack
to his surrealistic holiday spe
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 31 2010 4:06PM
A congressional official says the Obama
administration's new budget pegs the national deficit in the
current fiscal year at a record of $1.6 trillion and that the
deficit number for the 2011 fiscal year is $1.3 trillion.
In addition, the officia
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| Food aid for Haitians...Church group held in Haiti...Partygoers... Jan 31 2010 3:52PM
Relief workers in Haiti have taken
steps to make sure it's not just the young and strong who get food
aid. They've been handing out coupons to be redeemed for bags of
rice to women, the elderly and other vulnerable people. A World
Food Program spokes
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| Sweet 16 for Roger...Leafs revamp roster...No Mello... Jan 31 2010 1:04PM
Roger Federer has extended his
record for Grand Slam titles, picking up his 16th with a 6-3, 6-4,
7-6 triumph over Andy Murray at the Australian Open. It's the
fourth Australian Open championship for Federer, who has won three
slams since losing to R
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| Taliban figure may be dead...Haitian children fly to US...More... Jan 31 2010 11:54AM
The Pakistani government is investigating
reports that a Pakistani Taliban leader has died of injuries
suffered in a U.S. drone missile strike. Hakimullah Mehsud is
believed to have played a role in last month's suicide bombing that
killed seven CIA
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| Xmas bomb attempt prods Super Bowl security change Jan 31 2010 11:05AM
Sports and government officials say the
multimillion-dollar security operations for the Super Bowl and
Olympics have been adjusted to account for breaches such as the
attempted airliner bombing on Christmas Day.
The NFL's vice president for secu
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Jan 30 2010 11:26AM
A National Weather Service forecaster in
Nashville, Tenn., says his part of the country is dealing with a
"major winter storm."
More power outages are being reported as the storm makes its way
across the Southeast today. A thick band of heavy snow
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| Snow hits South...Controlling the deficit...GOP sees 'blind spot'... Jan 30 2010 8:52AM
More power outages are being reported as
a major winter storm makes its way through the Southeast today. A
thick band of heavy snow and freezing rain is making driving
treacherous and toppling power lines. Duke Energy says more than
14,000 customers
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| Payasyougo rules...Obama blind spot?...Major winter storm... Jan 30 2010 8:03AM
President Barack Obama says he'd like to see
Congress reinstate the "pay-as-you-go" rules that produced budget
surpluses in the 1990s. While creating jobs is his top domestic
priority this year, Obama says trimming the deficit is just as
important to
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| Winter roars into Southeast...Obama calls for lower deficits... Jan 30 2010 6:53AM
A winter storm that moved from the
Midwest and Southern Plains into the Southeast has dumped several
inches of snow in Tennessee and North Carolina. The snow's created
hazardous driving conditions, closed parts of two North Carolina
interstates and f
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| Obama on deficits...Blind spot on terror?...Snowpacked and... Jan 30 2010 5:57AM
Creating jobs is his top domestic priority
this year, but President Barack Obama says trimming budget deficits
is just as important to sustaining the economic recovery. In his
weekly Radio and Internet address, Obama says deficits have been
"accumula
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| GOP: Obama has 'blind spot' on terror war Jan 30 2010 5:15AM
Republicans are saying President Barack Obama
has a "blind spot" when it comes to the war on terrorism.
In the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address, Maine Sen. Susan
Collins says it was exposed in the administration's handling of the
Nigerian
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| Plane carries on its way after scare Jan 30 2010 12:07AM
A case of mistaken identity led a
Colombia-bound flight to be diverted to Jacksonville, Fla.
The Continental Airlines jet out of Newark, N.J. made the
stopover because of concerns a passenger onboard was on the
government's no-fly list. The pass
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| Bin Laden blasts US for climate change Jan 29 2010 5:36AM
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has called in a new
audiotape for the world to boycott American goods and the U.S.
dollar, blaming the United States and other industrialized
countries for global warming.
In the tape, aired in part on Al-Jazeer
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Aviation design Jan 28 2010 10:59PM
Bismarck and Century High Schools usually go head to head in competition...whether it's a sporting or academic event.
But, now students from the two schools are coming together and taking on the rest of the country.
These are the Dakota High Flyers.
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