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Furlough Friday: Budget cuts mean an unpaid day off for many at IRS, HUD and other agencies
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5...Tags: Labor Markets, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Geological Survey, Internal Revenue Service
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Scarce hay supplies threaten North Dakota state horse
LINTON, N.D. (AP) - The official North Dakota horse could be wiped off the state map. A conservancy group says high hay prices caused by a prolonged drought and a sharp drop in donations have combined to limit food supplies and threaten breeding herds...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Animals, Tourism and Leisure
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Paul E. Pfahler, 87
Paul E. Pfahler, 87, of Lakeland, Fla., passed away at home on Monday, May 20, 2013, from natural causes. Paul was born to Rita O'Brien and John Lloyd Pfahler in Mansfield, Ohio. He graduated from Mansfield Senior High School. After graduation, he...
Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, High School Sports, Bowling Green State University, Elkton, Heart Surgery
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Memorial Day discounts for military
In Honor of Those Who Serve, local businesses would like to say "Thank You" for your service by offering special discounts for Memorial Day. (This list is ongoing, please check back for updates and additions.) Some discounts are offered all year long....Tags: DeLand, Services and Shopping, Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Defense, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Here is the latest South Dakota news from The Associated Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Senate bill that would transfer the ownership of nine historic cemeteries in the Black Hills to local communities has passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Tim Johnson says transferring the...Tags: Tim Johnson, U.S. Department of State, John Thune
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Rustic simplicity
Laura del Principe is not a Top Chef or an Iron Chef. She doesn't have tattoos running up and down her arms or a line of cookware created in her name. Plistia, the restaurant she runs with her husband, Cesidio Decina, is tucked away in the small...
Tags: Italy, Salt, Flour, Mountains, Landforms
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Sen. Thune says campground at Wind Cave National Park won't be victim of federal spending cuts
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Thune says the National Park Service has reversed a decision to close a campground at Wind Cave National Park in southwestern South Dakota. Officials announced in March that they were closing the Elk Mountain...Tags: Landforms, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Caves and Caverns
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Climate change may be baring Mount Everest
A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth’s highest peak by 13% in the last 50 years, researchers have found. Rocks and natural debris previously covered by snow are appearing now as the snow...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Mountains, Glaciers, Landforms, Global Change
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather's spirit was content in the Pennsylvania town where his body has lain for six decades. "Grandpa...
Tags: Museum of Natural History, Human Rights, Trials, Laws, Judges
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Day Trips from the Lehigh Valley
DAY TRIPPIN' •Eagles/Carolina pre-season game, Aug. 15. $80. Whitehall-Coplay PTO, Rhonda, 610-266-1995. •"Noah," lunch at Shady Maple, July 24. $88. Landis Valley Village, Wilbur Chocolate, Sturgis Pretzels, lunch, Aug. 20. $74. "Motown,"...Tags: Whitehall, Entertainment, Music, Allentown, Hecktown
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Denali National Park Set to Open for Summer
Channel 2 NewsDenali National Park and Preserve is gearing up to open for the summer despite some lingering snow cover. KUAC reports (http://bit.ly/16b4KbF) entrance-area facilities, like the visitor center, are scheduled to open for the season Wednesday. Sled dog... -
Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
KEYSTONE XL PROTEST Tribal members walk out of Keystone meeting (Information in the following story is from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com) RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Tribal representatives walked out of a meeting with U.S....Tags: Entertainment, Landforms, Powerball Lottery, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries
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