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As Mitt Romney’s senior advisers consider their vice-presidential prospects, they’re keeping an eye on a dark horse: Senator John Thune, a lanky and telegenic South Dakota Republican. ’Even though he’s not from a battleground state, he’s seen as serious and credible
The South Dakota Republican Party supports the appointment of Federal judges that support a strict constructionist view of the Constitution
The South Dakota Republican Party recognizes that our country was founded in faith upon the truth that self-government is rooted in religious convictionsMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Lakota culture focus of tourism diversity training
(AP) -- As summer tourism season kicks off in South Dakota this weekend, staff from several of the state's most popular attractions are learning about Lakota culture in an effort to drive visitors to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.Starting Wednesday, Read more »
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SD man's lawsuit says circumcision 'robbed' him
(AP) -- A South Dakota prison inmate is suing the hospital where he was circumcised as a newborn, saying he only recently became aware that he'd undergone the procedure and that it robbed him of his sexual prowess.Dean Cochrun, 28, is asking for $1,000 i Read more »
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Michelle Obama, daughters visiting Las Vegas
(AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are visiting Las Vegas after stopping in South Dakota on a family trip.A spokeswoman for McCarran International Airport confirmed that the first lady was expected to arrive in Las Vegas Wedn Read more »
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Nebraska gambling measures fizzle in Legislature
(AP) -- A push to loosen gambling restrictions has fizzled this year in the Legislature, despite claims that Nebraska could preserve jobs, generate much-needed revenue for counties and tap into the millions of dollars that are poured into South Dakota an Read more »
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Idaho ponders first felony animal abuse penalties
(AP) -- For a decade Jeff Rosenthal has campaigned to toughen the consequences for people who neglect, abuse and torture animals in Idaho.And for just as long, the director of the Idaho Humane Society has received the legislative stiff-arm from the state Read more »
Around the web
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High School Girls Basketball: Wyoming pulls away from South Dakota in second half
they played well. Defensively, we gave up 83 points, and I thought we played pretty well. Wyoming’s a good team.” Hoff led South Dakota with 26 points on the night, and Sioux Falls Roosevelt’s Sydney Rome added 20. No other South Dakota player hit double figures. 46 m ago from Rapid City Journal Read more »
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High School Boys Basketball: Wyoming turns up intensity to down South Dakota
of offensive rebounds, the more opportunities you have to score, and they did a great job of that.” Things looked good for South Dakota early in the second half after Rapid City Central’s Cody Harris made a spectacular three-point play to kick things off, 46 m ago from Rapid City Journal Read more »
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Hyphenated Life blog: The myth of Native American blood
stop for them as much as by any internal measure is a dilemma on many levels. But for Kim Tallbear, an enrolled member of South Dakota's Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe and a UC Berkeley professor who studies race, genomics and Native American identity, the 6/1/12 from Boston.com Read more »
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Some judges say 'gay' is no longer slanderous
you’re a fan of a grind-it-out, defensive brand of basketball you may want to stay away from the South Dakota-Wyoming High School All-Star … "I'd wake up at night with the smell of the ballpark in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet ... The thrill of 6/1/12 from Rapid City Journal Read more »
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Augustana President: Education no longer priority for government
you’re a fan of a grind-it-out, defensive brand of basketball you may want to stay away from the South Dakota-Wyoming High School All-Star … "I'd wake up at night with the smell of the ballpark in my nose, the cool of the grass on my feet ... The thrill of 6/1/12 from Rapid City Journal Read more »
