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Jury finds Harris guilty of girls' murders

SIOUX CITY -- Marla Stroman let out a joyful whoop, ran down the street and nearly tackled several family members who were standing outside the Woodbury County Courthouse in Sioux City.

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Rochester suggests fire department absorb ambulance service

SIOUX CITY -- Councilman Aaron Rochester proposed Thursday the Sioux City Fire Department run the ambulance service as a way to find potential cost savings.

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Grimsley, Gentry play key roles for streaking Coyotes

Dylan Grimsley has already enjoyed a great deal of success in a University of South Dakota basketball uniform. A three-year starter, Grimsley twice was named to the All-North Central Conference team and has been a leader for the Coyotes in their first season of NCAA Division I competition.

Nadal to face Federer in Australian Open final

MELBOURNE, Australia - Top-ranked Rafael Nadal outlasted fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (1), 6-4 Friday to reach the Australian Open final after the longest match in the tournament's history.

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Springsteen calls Wal-Mart CD deal a mistake

NEW YORK - The Boss is owning up to a mistake. In an interview with Sunday's New York Times, Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have made a deal with Wal-Mart. This month, the store started exclusively selling a Springsteen greatest hits CD.

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Cyclists' 'bill of rights' may face uphill battle

DES MOINES -- A push to establish a "bill of rights" for bicyclists on Iowa streets and highways got rolling in the Senate on Thursday.

Chambers: Execution bill lets Neb. use rat poison

LINCOLN (AP) -- Nebraska could put inmates to death with rat poison if lawmakers approve a measure to change the state's method of execution to lethal injection, former Sen. Ernie Chambers said Thursday.

Senate kills bill to scrap campus gun rules

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Public universities in South Dakota should be able to prevent students from carrying guns on campus, the South Dakota Senate says.

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Obama touts middle-class task force led by Biden

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in their struggles with management.

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Gluttony and strippers reign at Philly Wing Bowl

PHILADELPHIA - In a gut-busting display of championship eating, a man nicknamed Super Squibb has won Philadelphia's Wing Bowl by downing 203 chicken wings in about 20 minutes. For his efforts, 23-year-old John Squibb of Berlin, N.J., gets a car, a $7,500 diamond ring and a crown of miniature chickens. And maybe a case of indigestion.

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MCCOOK LAKE, S.D. -- It has been proposed that the Sioux City Council lobby the Legislature to prohibit marriage between homosexuals. I have never understood why people, especially Christians, would not prefer stable, monogamous, legally-binding relationships to the alternative of uncommitted extramarital sex.

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Canada worried about U.S. trade provision

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TORONTO (AP) -- Canada, America's top trading partner, is voicing strong objections to wording in the U.S. economic stimulus bill that calls on major public works projects to favor U.S. iron, steel and manufactured goods over imports.

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