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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 7 2009 4:13PM
An Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman
says people should be careful of scams involving undelivered income
tax refund checks.
Carrie Resch says the annual announcement of undelivered checks
prompts scammers to send e-mails to taxpayers saying t
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 7 2009 2:42PM
The South Dakota [[kxtopic:highway-patrol:t[Highway Patrol]:t]] says
two Sisseton men were killed in a two-vehicle collision at an
intersection east of New Effington. Troopers say 79-year-old
Richard Chell and his passenger, 95-year-old Winfield Thomp
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| Suspect arrested in SD casino robbery Nov 7 2009 11:54AM
A Sioux Falls man has been arrested on
suspicion of robbing the Hole in the Wall Casino earlier this week.
Fifty-year-old Lawrence Garner was arrested Friday evening while
officers were investigating a family dispute.
Sioux Falls police say
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 4:13PM
Gov. John Hoeven has directed all
government agencies in the state to fly the U.S. and North Dakota
flags at half-staff until Veterans Day in honor of the victims of
the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings.
Hoeven's order issued Friday was in accordance
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 4:13PM
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin says she will
oppose the health care reform bill expected to be considered this
weekend in the House.
The South Dakota Democrat says the plan falls short of her goals
for health care reform and could threaten exist
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| Missoula man sentenced in credit union robbery Nov 6 2009 3:45PM
A 24-year-old Missoula man who admitted
robbing the Missoula Federal Credit Union in January has been
sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison.
Peter M. Thompson pleaded guilty in July to robbery and
possession and discharge of a firear
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| Sioux Falls reports 5year robbery high Nov 6 2009 10:16AM
Police say the number of business
robberies in Sioux Falls has reached a modern-day high.
The number of commercial robberies now totals 32, after a bank
and a casino were robbed Wednesday. It's one more than the 2007
total.
Police spokesma
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| Bail set at $1M for man accused in dentist slaying Nov 6 2009 9:55AM
Bail has been set at $1 million for a man
accused of killing a Fargo dentist in a murder-for-hire scheme.
Cass County deputies drove Michael Nakvinda from Oklahoma City
after his arrest there last weekend.
The 41-year-old Nakvinda (nak-VIN'
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Nov 6 2009 2:41AM
The Council on American-Islamic relations is
condemning Thursday's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper admits his heart sank when he saw
the alleged gunman's Islamic name.
Hooper says when he first heard abou
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 2:13AM
Dickinson State University retired the
numbers of three college softball players today, at a packed
memorial service for them.
The softball jerseys of 22-year-old Kyrstin Gemar (ge-MAR') of
San Diego, 21-year-old Ashley Neufeld of Brandon, Manit
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Belcourt Men Arrested - Charged Nov 5 2009 7:22PM
Two men were arrested in Fargo Wednesday night after a man was reportedly duct-taped to a chair, kicked and beaten during a robbery in his apartment.
Fargo Police Seargent Glen Hanson says
the suspects stole the unidentified man's pickup, which was sto
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| Man accused in dentist slaying brought to ND Nov 5 2009 7:01PM
The man accused of killing a Fargo dentist in
a murder-for-hire scheme has been brought to the city where he will
face charges.
Cass County deputies drove Michael Nakvinda from Oklahoma after
his arrest last weekend. Officials say the 41-year-ol
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 5 2009 11:12AM
Law enforcement officials in the region
are mourning the death of Maj. Mike Fonder, a longtime chief deputy
and spokesman for the [[kxtopic:grand-forks-county-nd:t[Grand Forks County]:t]] Sheriff's Department.
Fonder died Wednesday after a long b
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| Police: Man kicked and beaten during Fargo robbery Nov 5 2009 7:21AM
Fargo police say two men were arrested
Wednesday night after a man was reportedly duct-taped to a chair,
kicked and beaten during a robbery in his apartment.
Police Sgt. Glen Hanson says the suspects stole the unidentified
man's pickup, which wa
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| 3 nabbed in Sioux Falls bank robbery Nov 4 2009 7:01PM
Sioux Falls police have arrested a
28-year-old man for second-degree robbery following the holdup of
First Savings Bank east of the downtown area Wednesday afternoon.
Law officers say Max Boor of Sioux Falls gave the teller a note
demanding mone
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 4 2009 4:13PM
Sioux Falls police are investigating a
Wednesday afternoon robbery at First Savings Bank east of the
downtown area.
The call came in at 12:39 p.m. A short time later, police
reportedly stopped a vehicle that officers said might have been
used i
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| Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 4 2009 4:06PM
Police are investigating a robbery at
First Savings Bank in Sioux Falls. A vehicle with Texas plates that
might have been the getaway car was found and towed away. No word
on arrests.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) An Arizona jury has convicted a man
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| Sioux Falls bank robbery investigated Nov 4 2009 2:56PM
Sioux Falls police are investigating a
Wednesday afternoon robbery at First Savings Bank east of the
downtown area.
The call came in at 12:39 p.m. A short time later, police
reportedly stopped a vehicle that officers said might have been
used i
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| Man sentenced to life in Ill. restaurant slayings Nov 4 2009 12:43PM
A former handyman convicted of killing seven
people during a robbery at a suburban Chicago fast-food restaurant
in 1993 has been sentenced to life in prison.
Thirty-seven-year-old James Degorski was sentenced Wednesday. A
jury had convicted him
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| Pa. robbery victim IDs suspect from old yearbook Nov 4 2009 11:26AM
After being robbed of his jacket, cell phone,
keys and $300, a Pennsylvania man was left with the odd feeling
that his assailants looked familiar. Police say that's because they
went to school together about 15 years ago.
Erie police arrested 30
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| Judge: Mich. man can sue store he robbed Nov 4 2009 5:36AM
A Michigan judge says a man who
claims he was chased, shot and beaten by workers at a store he'd
just robbed can sue the men. But only if he comes up with $10,000
within two weeks.
Scott T. Zielinski is serving an 8-year prison sentence after
b
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 4 2009 2:13AM
Police say three missing North Dakota
college softball players have been found dead in their Jeep, which
was pulled from a pond northwest of Dickinson.
Police Lt. Rod Banyai (BAN'-y-eye) said Tuesday night that
police are still investigating the
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| American, Russian wounded in Panama resort town Nov 3 2009 9:42PM
Panamanian police say they have arrested two
teenage boys for allegedly wounding an American and a Russian
tourist in a botched [[kxtopic:robbery:t[robbery]:t]] attempt.
Police spokesman Roberto Ballesteros says investigators believe
the assaila
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| Former fatherinlaw charged in dentist slaying Nov 3 2009 5:44PM
Charges have been filed in North Dakota
against an Oklahoma man accused of hiring his handyman to kill his
former son-in-law.
Gene Kirkpatrick of Jones, Okla., is charged in Cass County with
conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit b
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| Man guilty in slaying of 2 Ohio students on Pa. Nov 3 2009 12:43PM
A former Pittsburgh man has been
convicted again of killing two Ohio college students a decade ago.
A western Pennsylvania jury found 29-year-old Terrell Yarbrough
guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday in the 1999 slayings of
Franciscan Universi
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 3 2009 11:34AM
An eastern Montana judge has been named
to preside over the case of state Sen. Greg Barkus, who faces
several charges stemming from a Flathead Lake boat crash that
injured all five people aboard.
District Judge John McKeon of Malta was assigned
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| Man suspected of robbing pharmacy found dead Nov 3 2009 10:16AM
Missoula County officials believe a man
who robbed a Walgreens pharmacy over the weekend used the
prescription drugs to commit suicide.
A 47-year-old man who matched the description of the Walgreens
robber was found dead at his home early Sunday
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| Okla. man charged with murder in ND dentist death Nov 2 2009 3:52PM
Cass County authorities have filed charges of
murder, robbery, burglary and theft against an Oklahoma man in the
death of a North Dakota dentist.
Michael Nakvinda (nak-VIN'-dah) appeared Monday in Oklahoma
County District Court to say he would n
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| Missoula Walgreens robbed again Nov 2 2009 10:23AM
Missoula police say a Walgreens pharmacy
was robbed over the weekend, but no weapon was used.
The suspect entered the Walgreens at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday
and was given the prescription drugs he demanded.
The suspect was said to be wearin
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Nov 2 2009 2:41AM
A Michigan minister who was stabbed
in the neck, arms and chest by a burglar has returned to the pulpit
after weeks of recovery.
The Rev. Kevin Ramsby told the congregation at Revival
Tabernacle in Highland Park on Sunday that he has forgiven hi
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| Bank robbery suspect killed in western Wisconsin Oct 30 2009 6:26PM
A bank robbery suspect has been shot and
killed in western Wisconsin, another is on the run and one has been
arrested.
That's according to Lt. Jeff Lorentz, of the Wisconsin State
Patrol.
He says three people attempted to rob a bank in Exe
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| Man pleads guilty to role in bungled Butte robbery Oct 30 2009 12:56AM
A 27-year-old man charged in the botched
robbery of a fast food restaurant in Butte has pleaded guilty.
Cameron McBryde appeared in District Court on Thursday and
remains in police custody. He is accused of trying to rob a Burger
King on March 2
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 29 2009 4:13PM
A jury rejected Robert Goulding's
argument of an assisted suicide and convicted him of first-degree
murder after about 30 minutes of deliberation Thursday.
The 52-year-old Rapid City man was charged in the shooting death
of 56-year-old Allen Kis
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 29 2009 3:10PM
It's been a day of solid gains on Wall Street,
thanks to a government report that the gross domestic product rose
at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter of the year.
That's better than economists predicted, and it's the strongest
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| 4 arraigned in alleged gang rape of Calif. girl Oct 29 2009 1:11PM
Four teenagers face adult charges in the
alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a Northern
[[kxtopic:california:t[California]:t]] high school's homecoming [[kxtopic:dance:t[Dance]:t]].
The four were arraigned Thursday in Contra Costa Cou
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| Sioux Falls police investigate casino robbery Oct 29 2009 11:05AM
Sioux Falls police are investigating
the city's second casino robbery in just over a week.
Police say the latest robbery happened shortly after 7:30 a.m.
Thursday, at the Deuce's Casino near Interstate 29. No details have
been released.
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| 4 charged in alleged gang rape of California girl Oct 29 2009 7:14AM
Four teens could appear in a California
court as early as today after being charged in the alleged gang
rape of a teen outside her high school homecoming dance.
The four suspects ages 15, 16, 17 and 19 are facing rape
charges that could make t
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 29 2009 4:12AM
A jury has found the maker of Louisville
Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers
the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death
of their son in a baseball game.
The family of Brandon Patch argued th
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 29 2009 3:06AM
The law that President Barack Obama signed
Wednesday extending federal hate crimes protection to gays and
lesbians has alarmed some religious groups and delighted others.
The Rev. Meg Riley, director of Advocacy and Witness for the
Unitarian Uni
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| 4 charged in alleged gang rape of girl in Calif. Oct 28 2009 11:06PM
Four teens have been charged with the
alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside her high school
homecoming dance in Northern California.
Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan says all four suspects ages 15,
16, 17 and 19 are facing rape charges
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Oct 28 2009 6:05PM
Commissioners from Beaverhead and Madison
counties say they were surprised when Sen. Max Baucus announced his
support for a bill that would set aside over 500,000 acres of the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest as a wilderness area after
saying he
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 28 2009 4:06PM
Commissioners in Beaverhead and Madison
counties were surprised when U.S. Sen. Max Baucus signed on as a
co-sponsor to U.S. Sen. Jon Tester's wilderness bill.
Commissioners from both southwestern Montana counties said they
thought they had an ag
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| Mont. man gets real prison in robbery with toy gun Oct 28 2009 3:24PM
A 24-year-old man who tried to rob a
convenience store on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana with a
toy gun has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.
Senior U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom sentenced Jeremiah P.
Stewart, of Cr
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| Man convicted in Tennessee couple's slayings Oct 28 2009 2:14PM
A jury has convicted the accused
ringleader in the carjacking and murders of a young Tennessee
couple on a date.
Wednesday's verdict in Knoxville means 28-year-old Lemaricus
Davidson could be sentenced to death.
Davidson was charged with 3
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| Man convicted in 2000 shooting executed in Texas Oct 27 2009 6:54PM
A man convicted of murder in the
robbery and slaying of another man in San Antonio more than nine
years ago has been executed in Texas.
Twenty-eight-year-old Reginald Blanton received lethal injection
for the April 2000 shooting death of Carlos
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| Thieves steal 37 cars from Mexican rail facility Oct 27 2009 6:34PM
Mexican authorities say a band of thieves
swarmed into a railroad facility and held security guards at
gunpoint while making off with three dozen new automobiles and
trucks from a storage lot west of the capital.
Guadalupe Huerta, spokeswoman fo
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| Not guilty plea entered for praying theft suspect Oct 27 2009 10:02AM
A judge has entered a not guilty plea for a
man accused of robbing an Indianapolis check-cashing business after
hugging and praying with a clerk.
Twenty-three-year-old Gregory Smith apologized on television
last week for the robbery and says he
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 27 2009 5:01AM
President Barack Obama will be talking up
clean energy technology today as he tours a solar power station in
Florida.
He's visiting the Desoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in
Arcadia, Fla., to mark the day it switches on to the state's po
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| Second person arrested in Friday's attack Oct 27 2009 3:30AM
There's been a second arrest in the
beating and gang-rape of a California teen outside her high school
homecoming dance.
A 15-year-old student was booked late yesterday on one count of
sexual assault.
Police had taken a 19-year-old into cu
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| Man who threw feces in CA courtroom gets 31 years Oct 26 2009 11:06PM
A man who sneaked a bag of his feces into a San
Diego courtroom during his home-invasion robbery trial, smeared it
on his lawyer and threw it at jurors has been sentenced to 31 years
in prison.
Superior Court Judge Frank Brown on Monday sentence
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| 5 charged with torturing Calif. home loan agents Oct 26 2009 5:02PM
Prosecutors say five people have been charged
in Los Angeles with torturing and robbing two men they thought
falsely promised to save their home from foreclosure.
Two men were charged Monday with torture, robbery and false
imprisonment. A man an
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 24 2009 4:13PM
Authorities are investigating the death of a
North Dakota man on his farm southeast of Lisbon.
The victim was identified as 58-year-old Dan Wiltse.
Authorities say he died after being caught in a combine hopper
on Thursday.
Infor
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 24 2009 3:52PM
A team of U.N. inspectors has gone to Iran to
visit a recently revealed nuclear site, amid new efforts to curb
Iran's nuclear program.
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency plan to
examine an unfinished uranium enrichment facility
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| Lost keys lead NJ police to burglary suspects Oct 24 2009 12:43PM
Police in northern New Jersey nabbed three
alleged burglars who fled an apartment with just $2 in change and
left behind the keys to their getaway car.
Authorities say the gun-toting men entered an apartment in
Paterson early Friday, expecting t
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 24 2009 1:45AM
Minneapolis airport police say controllers
tried to contact the pilots of a wayward Northwest Airlines
jetliner by radio, data message and cell phone after it failed to
land as scheduled.
Federal officials are investigating how the San
Diego-to
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| FBI offers rewards for 2 serial bank robbers Oct 23 2009 5:51PM
The FBI in Minneapolis is offering two
rewards up to $5,000 each for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of two Twin Cities-area bank robbers.
The first suspect allegedly robbed banks in Inver Grove Heights,
South St. Paul, Minneapo
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 23 2009 3:45PM
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran
needs more time to decide whether to back a plan that would ship
most of the country's uranium abroad for enrichment.
The Vienna-based nuclear watchdog says Iran told IAEA chief
Mohamed ElBaradei
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| Wouldbe bounty hunters nab innocent woman in Va. Oct 23 2009 11:40AM
Police in Virginia say three would-be bounty
hunters face charges after they impersonated drug task force agents
and nabbed the wrong woman.
The innocent woman was mistaken for a suspect who had skipped
bond. Bristol police say three people who
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| Ind. judge to give life sentence in 7murder case Oct 23 2009 11:05AM
A judge says he will give a sentence of life
in prison without parole to a man convicted of killing three
children and four adults during a robbery at an Indianapolis home.
Marion Superior Court Judge Robert Altice said Friday that
31-year-old D
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 23 2009 3:51AM
A Montana jury will decide whether a
baseball bat manufacturer can be held liable for the death of an
18-year-old pitcher who was hit in the head by a hard line drive.
Hillerich & Bradsby, manufacturers of Louisville Slugger bats,
is being s
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Oct 23 2009 2:41AM
A Montana jury will decide whether baseball
bat manufacturer Louisville Slugger can be held liable for the
death of an 18-year-old pitcher who was hit in the head by a hard
line drive. The parent company is being sued by the mother of
Brandon Patch,
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| Clerk felt God's presence as she, gunman prayed Oct 22 2009 9:41AM
The clerk who prayed and hugged a gunman at
an Indianapolis check-cashing business says she felt God's presence
during the robbery.
Angela Montez says a warmness came over her Monday as she talked
with the man even though she was scared that she
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| SD man who named "robbery" as occupation sentenced Oct 22 2009 7:00AM
A 60-year-old Rapid City man has been
sentenced to four years in prison for robbing a bank in the city.
Police say Lonnie Pannell walked into the downtown Dakotah Bank
on Feb. 5 without a weapon and demanded money. He got away with
about $2,800.
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 21 2009 11:12AM
A judge is considering whether a North
African man accused of beating his girlfriend to death with a pipe
waived his rights in confessing to the beating.
Authorities say Michaele Ashko Shimayil confessed to the April
beating through an interpret
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| Gunman prays with clerk before finishing robbery Oct 21 2009 9:55AM
Police say an armed robber spent nearly 10
minutes on his knees praying with a clerk at an Indianapolis
check-cashing business before fleeing with $20 from the register.
Security video from the Advance America branch clearly showed
the man's fac
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| Man sentenced for Brookings armed robbery Oct 21 2009 7:14AM
A man convicted in an armed robbery at a
Brookings convenience store last spring has been sentenced to 20
years in prison.
Twenty-year-old Kenneth Staab (stahb) Jr. of Egan earlier
pleaded guilty to entering the Schoen's Pump N' Pack store on th
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| Man arrested in reported Sioux Falls robbery Oct 21 2009 7:14AM
A man is in custody in Sioux Falls on
several charges after a reported casino robbery.
Authorities say the 29-year-old man fit the description of a man
who reportedly entered the Paradise Casino early Wednesday and
demanded money from the clerk.
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| Update on the latest in religion news: Oct 21 2009 3:04AM
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is
voicing frustration over what he calls persistent questions about
the court's Roman Catholic majority.
Alito aired his concerns in a speech yesterday to an
Italian-American law group in Philadelphia. He
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| Ga. executes man who killed store manager in 1994 Oct 20 2009 6:40PM
A man who fatally shot a pizza store manager
during a 1994 robbery in which he stole a little more than $100 to
give to his girlfriend has been executed by lethal injection.
Mark Howard McClain was put to death Tuesday at a state prison
50 miles
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| Royko's son gets 30 months for failed bank robbery Oct 20 2009 4:41PM
The son of the late Chicago newspaper columnist
Mike Royko has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for attempted
bank robbery.
Robert Royko could have been sent to prison for more than five
years. The minimum under federal guidelines was more
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| Gunman prays with clerk before finishing robbery Oct 20 2009 4:06PM
Indianapolis police say a gunman spent
nearly 10 minutes on his knees praying with the clerk at a check
cashing business before fleeing with her cell phone and $20 from
the register.
Security video from the Advance America branch clearly showed
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| Exemployee recognized at Marshall eatery robbery Oct 20 2009 2:35PM
Wearing a mask apparently didn't stop a
former employee from being recognized during a robbery at a
Culver's restaurant in Marshall.
The complaint says a Culver's employee began to suspect
28-year-old Matthew Landis of Marshall about 15 seconds
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| Victims, families outraged by NC inmates' release Oct 20 2009 12:43PM
Crime victims and their families are
bracing for the release next week of 20 North Carolina felons who
had been sentenced to life in prison.
A killer named Bobby Bowden argued that a 1970s law defined a
life sentence as 80 years. Lawmakers later
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 20 2009 3:51AM
The [[kxtopic:national-transportation-safety-board:t[National Transportation Safety Board]:t]]
is expected to release its initial findings Tuesday into the cause
of a plane crash near Billings that killed both men aboard.
Scott Shimamoto of Billi
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| Latest Minnesota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 20 2009 1:45AM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says at
least one pig from Minnesota has tested positive for the H1N1
virus, the first case of a pig contracting the virus in the United
States.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement Monday
tha
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| Livingston casino employee reports armed robbery Oct 19 2009 10:24PM
Authorities are investigating a report of
an armed robbery at a casino in Livingston.
Police Chief Darren Raney says an employee at Yellowstone
Charlie's Gaming Parlour and Casino reported she was confronted by
a robber at about 3 a.m. Sunday. T
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| Suspect in actor's beating pleads not guilty Oct 19 2009 3:10PM
A man accused of badly beating a teenage
actor on a San Francisco bus has pleaded not guilty to felony
assault and robbery charges.
Prosecutors say 18-year-old Uluao Mase was carrying a loaded gun
when he and three others beat 18-year-old Christ
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| Northfield man convicted in attack on disabled man Oct 19 2009 3:03PM
A judge has convicted a Northfield man of
kidnapping and other crimes in an attack on a mentally disabled man
last October.
Twenty-two-year-old Jonathan Diepold waived his right to a jury
trial. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom says Judge
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Oct 19 2009 2:13AM
Chris Rock hopes his documentary "Good Hair"
will launch some good conversations between mothers and daughters.
In fact, he says some of the women he has spoken to have said they
hope to use the film to help introduce their girls to the concept
of
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| Man gets death for killing LA County cop Oct 15 2009 3:31PM
A man has been sentenced to death for killing
an off-duty Los Angeles County police captain during a robbery
attempt.
Miguel Magallon was sentenced Thursday in Los Angeles. The
26-year-old was convicted in July of first-degree murder and
attemp
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