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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – A Canadian company planning to explore for gold in South Dakota’s Black Hills is seeking state authorization to drill up to 250 test holes.

Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. has applied for an e

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has issued its annual handbook of waterfowl regulations for the upcoming hunting season.

The regular waterfowl season opens statewide on Sept

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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – Jordan has pulled three squad members accused of sexual assault in Northern Ireland out of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

The Jordanian Paralympic Committee says the three will be flown home later on Thursday but that they will be returned to court in Northern Ireland on Oct

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Disgraced former Penn State President Graham Spanier says he was told no when he asked subordinates if Jerry Sandusky engaged in anything more than “horseplay” with a child he was later convicted of sexually assaulting in an on-campus shower

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings were excited about the progress Letroy Guion was making in his transition from one defensive tackle spot to the other.

He showed up in ideal shape, had a positive attitude about the new position and hustled all over the field

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NEW YORK (AP) – Maya Moore’s No. 23 again tops the list of the WNBA’s most popular jerseys.

Minnesota’s second-year guard was No. 1 on the tally released Thursday by the league. The list is based on sales on wnbastore

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Former AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon of the Oakland Athletics has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone.

Major League Baseball made the announcement Wednesday, one week after All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera of San Francisco was suspended 50 games for a positive test for the same substance.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Several Native American tribes have raised more than $1 million towards buying a prime piece of real estate in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Rosebud Sioux spokesman Alfred Walking Bull tells The Associated Press that the tribe is now allocating $1.3 million to pu

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota students’ average score on the ACT college-entrance test remained unchanged this year, but still above the national average.

The state Education Department reports that 81 percent of South Dakota’s graduating high school seniors took the ACT.

The average composite scor

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota man accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter has been released from jail while he awaits a late-October trial.

Thirty-four-year-old Mario Contreras, of Waubay, has pleaded not guilty to several charges including second-degree murder in the Jan. 11 death of hi