Hand County Dam Breaks After Thursday’s Heavy Rains-Two Men Washed Away from Campsite

Two Hand County men were swept away by flood waters early this morning when rains drenched the area and a dam broke near where they were camping.  Hand County Sheriff Doug DeBoer says thunderstorms rolled through his county and other neighboring counties last night and dropped from three to eight inches of moisture in a short amount of time on ground that is already saturated.   DeBoer says around 2:30 a.m. this morning, 9-1-1 dispatchers were called to southeast Hand County to the report that two men who had been camping at Rose Hill Lake were washed away from their campsite by flood waters.  He says they clung to a small tree, while the flash flooding conditions continued around them.   The nearby Rose Hill Dam was not able to withstand the excess water and DeBoer says the earthen dam and concrete spillway gave way.  After the dam broke, DeBoer says the water eventually subsided and the men were able to move to higher ground. 

DeBoer says rescuers were able to confirm the men were the only two at the campground.

Although the men were able to get out of the waters, the flooding separated the two from rescuers for a time.  Authorities used pay loaders and four wheelers to get to them and they were finally rescued around 5:55 this morning.    They were taken by ambulance to Hand County Memorial Hospital and one of the men was released; but the other was sent to Sioux Falls by air ambulance.  DeBoer says although some nearby properties were evacuated, flood waters have subsided and people were allowed back to their homes.  However, he says several county roads in nearby Beadle County are flooded and roads in Hand County that are open may still have some water on them.  For the most part, he says most roads are passable and those that aren’t are barricaded so that they can’t be driven on.

Police Make One Arrest Following Reports of Egged Vehicles in Town

Stanley County Sheriffs Office Recovers Stolen Vehicle

A vehicle that was reported stolen in California almost two years ago was recovered in Fort Pierre yesterday afternoon.  Stanley County Sheriff Brad Rathbun says his office was called about the unattended vehicle and found the 1996 Chevrolet S-10 pickup on Cedar Avenue under the Bad River Railroad Bridge.  The vehicle’s license plates were missing, but Rathbun says a check determined that the pickup had been stolen in 2008.  There are no suspects in the case at this time.

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VIVIAN, S.D. (AP) - A hailstone that fell in central South Dakota has set U.S. records. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the hailstone found by a ranch hand near the town of Vivian last Friday measured 8 inches in diameter and weighed about 1.94 pounds - or 1 pound, 15 ounces. The previous record for diameter was 7 inches for a hailstone found in Aurora, Neb., in 2003. The previous record for weight was 1.67 pounds for a stone in Coffeyville, Kan., in 1970. The Aurora hailstone still holds the record for circumference, at 18.75 inches. The Vivian hailstone measured 18.62 inches.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed a bill he says will address the unique public safety challenges facing American Indian tribes. Obama signed the Tribal Law and Order Act on Thursday. The measure provides for the appointment of special U.S. attorneys to ensure violent crimes in tribal communities are prosecuted. It also revamps training for reservation police, expands the sentencing authority of tribal courts from one to three years, addresses jurisdictional issues and improves the collection and reporting of Indian crime data. Democratic U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, who authored the bill, says millions of American Indians have lived far too long with unacceptable levels of violent crime. Tribes hailed the signing as a reaffirmation of the federal government's trust responsibility to ensure their communities are safe.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Heavy rain in southeast South Dakota has led to problems. The National Weather Service said Friday morning that up to 7 inches of rain had fallen overnight. That led to flooding of streets and roads, and water and sewer backups in some home basements. There were three reports of homes with collapsed basements. One man had to be rescued after his car was washed off a Lincoln County highway. Several roads in the region were closed. Sioux Falls public works officials on Friday morning said they were forced to discharge untreated wastewater into the Big Sioux River when a lift station failed due to flooding. The city notified state environmental officials and were implementing a river monitoring plan. The city said the untreated wastewater would not affect drinkingwater, but residents were advised to stay out of the river.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A North Dakota environmental group wants government regulators to investigate whether a Canadian company used faulty steel in the construction of a pipeline that moves crude oil from Canada through six states. Dickinson-based Dakota Resource Council says TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline used steel from a supplier that has had problems with steel in other pipelines. TransCanada spokesman Terry Cunha says the group's worries are unfounded. He says all steel used in the 30-inch diameter pipeline exceeds federal specifications. Cunha says the pipeline began operation last month. Its route is across Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and through the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A woman from La Plant on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation will be sentenced in October following her guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter. Federal prosecutors say Rita Miner was driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when her vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian east of Eagle Butte last September. The 48-year-old Miner also is known as Rita Paz. The maximum prison sentence for the crime is eight years.

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - The Army Corps of Engineers will hold meetings Friday in southeast South Dakota to take public comment on a five-year study of the Missouri River and its reservoir system. Congress wants to know if changes are needed in the 1944 law that set eight purposes for the dams, reservoirs and free-flowing river. The corps is holding 41 meetings in 12 states this summer to take suggestions on how the study should be conducted. One meeting Friday will be in Yankton. Another in Vermillion is specifically for American Indian tribes.

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) - Fire officials in Yankton say a propane leak at an auto shop could have been much worse. Crews responded to the leaking propane-powered tow truck early Thursday. Deputy Fire Chief Larry Nickles says they used water fog to dissipate the propane while working to shut off the leak. About one-third of the 80-gallon tank leaked. Nickles says a lighted cigarette or a vehicle starting up could have ignited a fire. Firefighters resolved the situation in about an hour.

BOX ELDER, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority has bought 230 acres of land near the Air Force base for a new mobile home park. The development will provide a new place for some people who now live in noisy areas or those where the likelihood of crashes is greater. The land is located along the Box Elder Interstate 90 corridor. Lt. Governor Dennis DaugaarD says the proposal is great news, and will allow for some people to live in a more suitable area. The land was purchased with a state grant for about $2,500 an acre.

WORTHING, S.D. (AP) - Travel might be a little rocky this year for people going to a three-day Christian music festival that brings hundreds of thousands of people to South Dakota each Labor Day weekend. The festival has been held the past 12 years at various Sioux Falls locations. Organizers found a permanent site on a farm near Worthing, where the event will be held for the first time Sept. 3-5. Thousands of vehicles will have to travel the last couple of miles over gravel roads. Lincoln County Sheriff Dennis Johnson says some motorists might not be familiar with that type of driving surface. He urges people to slow down and use common sense. Festival Director Julie Klinger doesn't anticipate problems because she says having so many vehicles on the roads will keep down speeds.

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ROLLA, N.D. (AP) - The interim sheriff of Rolette County says he fired a corrections officer because he "wasn't working out," not because he's running against him for sheriff. Corrections officer Brandon Mathiason was fired by interim Sheriff Melvin Frank after filing to challenge Frank in the election. Mathiason has filed an appeal with the county commission.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - A new $5.8 million border station has opened west of the airport in Grand Forks. Nearly 50 agents will use the 34,000-square foot station that replaces a smaller one in the Grand Forks city limits.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A 74-year-old West Fargo man has been accused of molesting three children. Ned VanDyke made an initial court appearance yesterday on sex crime charges.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota customers of Otter Tail Power and Montana-Dakota Utilities will be getting an explanation in their bills soon about a rise in their monthly electric bills. An average Otter Tail residential customer will pay $1.51 more per month and MDU customers an extra 62 cents to help pay back development costs for a defunct electric power plant in South Dakota.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - Charges could be filed today in Olmsted County against a man accused in a kidnapping and a knife attack. Sheriff's officials say the 30-year-old man abducted his former girlfriend and her 3-year-old daughter and stabbed the woman before fleeing Tuesday.

PINE CITY, Minn. (AP) - It's a bitter milestone for the three Americans detained in Iran. Saturday will mark one year in captivity. The families of Shane Bauer of Minnesota, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal say the three were hiking along the Iraqi border when they were arrested and deny Iran's accusations that they were spying.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge in Montana has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is arbitrarily excluding "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx. The judge ruled the agency excluded large swaths of habitat from protection when it recommended that 39,000 square miles in Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington be designated as critical habitat.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army intelligence specialist charged with leaking U.S. military secrets to the WikiLeaks website has been moved from Kuwait to a military jail in Virginia. Pvt. Bradley Manning is accused of leaking a classified helicopter cockpit video of a 2007 firefight in Baghdad. He's also come under suspicion in the leak of tens of thousands of secret Afghanistan war logs.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A report on the record number of soldier suicides says the Army is failing its soldiers by missing signs of trouble. The report also says the service is looking the other way as commanders try to meet deployment schedules. The Army counted 160 suicides last year, the highest total ever. The rate was above that of the civilian population for the second year in a row.

PHOENIX (AP) - A sheriff in Phoenix is doing sweeps for illegal immigrants despite the court-ordered hold on Arizona's controversial immigration law. He says he's enforcing two other state immigration laws. Thirteen people were arrested yesterday on warrants and other criminal charges.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A councilman in Summerville, S.C., is proposing an immigration law that would prevent illegal immigrants from living in the town, and in most cases, from working there. Councilman Walter Bailey says the federal government and state government aren't "doing a whole lot about the immigration problem."

WASHINGTON (AP) - A September ethics trial looms in the House for New York Congressman Charles Rangel. The House ethics committee is accusing him of 13 violations, which he admits are serious. A plea deal was reportedly reached, but people familiar with the talks say Republicans on the committee said it was too late.

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs acknowledges there are "some very serious charges" against powerful Democratic congressman Charles Rangel. But Gibbs told the morning news programs that the White House doesn't want to make a judgment about the case before the House ethics panel decides what to do.

BOSTON (AP) - Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has told The Boston Globe that he didn't handle the flap over his new yacht quickly enough or effectively enough. He says he did nothing legally wrong in trying to dock the yacht in Rhode Island, where he wouldn't have to pay taxes on it. But Kerry says he'll pay the $500,000 anyway.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust has failed in the House. The funds would have paid for free health care and compensation payments to 9/11 rescue and recovery workers who were sickened from working at ground zero. The vote was along party lines with all but 12 Republicans voting "no."

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will be traveling to Michigan today to visit General Motors and Chrysler factories. The president is trying to push an election-year claim -- that the auto industry bailout turned out to be good news for the economy. He plans to visit a Ford facility in Chicago next Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has approved an aviation safety bill developed in response to last year's deadly commuter airline crash in western New York. The Senate approved the measure without debate, following similar action by the House last night. That sends it to President Barack Obama for his signature.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The man who'll take over as CEO of BP in October will outline his company's long-term oil spill recovery plan for the Gulf of Mexico. Bob Dudley will be in Biloxi, Miss., today to announce that James Lee Witt, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will helping BP in its recovery efforts.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - A Canadian company at the center of a huge oil spill in Michigan has a history of pipeline problems, including leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations. Enbridge Inc. or its affiliates have been cited for 30 enforcement actions since 2002 by federal officials. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates the spill at more than 1 million gallons.

NEW YORK (AP) - The court-appointed trustee seeking to recover funds taken in by convicted swindler Bernard Madoff has filed three lawsuits going after entities run by Madoff's closest relatives. The lawsuits seek to obtain more than $30 million believed invested, mostly in oil and gas properties and technology companies. Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence for running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas doctor is on trial in Little Rock for allegedly masterminding a bombing that disfigured the chairman of the state Medical board. Prosecutors say Dr. Randeep Mann wanted to avenge the restriction of his medical license. His attorneys say there's no evidence linking Mann to the bombing.

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) - Emergency officials say they have located the wreckage of a small medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan a week ago. Mason County Emergency Management Coordinator Liz Reimink said Friday it is possible the wreckage contains the bodies of four passengers still missing since the July 23 crash.

COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) - Montana wildlife officials say they have captured the fourth and final grizzly bear believed involved in the fatal mauling of a Michigan man at a campground near Yellowstone National Park. A sow and two of her three cubs had been trapped by Thursday. The final year-old cub was found in a culvert trap early today.

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters in northern Los Angeles County are battling a fast-moving wildfire that's grown to more than 7 square miles. Some 2,000 homes in the community of Leona Valley and parts of Palmdale are under evacuation orders. Fire officials say right now there's zero containment.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest. Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg. Dupree allegedly stole a bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street. Dupree says McKoy and two others pointed a gun at him, handcuffed him and placed a knee painfully in his back.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid. That's angering descendants of Pat Garrett, the lawman who tracked down Kid and gunned him down in 1881. Richardson will meet with Garrett descendants next week. There's been a long-running fight over whether Garrett actually shot someone else and lied about it.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A spokeswoman for Sandra Bullock says the actress wants her parts of a video promoting Gulf Coast restoration removed until she learns whether oil companies influenced it. A website said the campaign was really an industry push to get support for drilling, and taxpayer money to repair wetland damage caused by the BP oil spill.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The recession was deeper than the government previously thought. The Commerce Department, in revisions issued Friday, estimates the economy shrank 2.6 percent last year - the steepest drop since 1946. That's worse than the 2.4 percent decline originally estimated. The economy's plunge underscores why the unemployment rate surged to 10.1 percent in October, a 26-year high.

WASHINGTON (AP) -The recovery has been losing some momentum. Growth in the second quarter slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment. Weaker spending by consumers and a bigger drag from the nation's trade deficits were among the factors behind the second quarter's slowdown.

TOKYO (AP) - Japan received a sobering reminder Friday of its fragile recovery: The jobless rate rose, deflation deepened, and factories made fewer cars and mobile phones. The figures underscore ongoing weakness in the world's No. 2 economy even as Japanese corporations report stellar quarterly earnings. With governments around the world phasing out stimulus spending, growth is expected to slow in Japan and in its major export markets.

DETROIT (AP) - The head of the United Auto Workers says General Motors will file paperwork in mid-August to start the process of selling stock to the public. President Bob King says the automaker will file the paperwork, called a registration statement, along with its second-quarter earnings. King made the announcement in a statement touting the union's cooperation in the turnaround of the U.S. auto industry.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Online connections with banks and retailers may not be as secure as you thought. Researchers say they've found ways hackers could sniff around the edges of encrypted Internet traffic for clues that could lead then to valuable information. Wi-Fi connections are said to be especially vulnerable.

NEW YORK (AP) - Research firm IDC says the number of cell phones shipped worldwide rose 14.5 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, with much of the growth coming from smaller challengers like the iPhone and BlackBerry. IDC said in its report late Thursday that manufacturers shipped 317.5 million phones in the quarter. Its report is based on publicly reported figures from the major phone manufacturers. Phone sales took a dip during the recession, but have now recovered to 2008's levels.

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) - Drugmaker Merck & Co. posts a 52 percent drop in second-quarter net income, due to higher costs for sales, administration and restructuring and sharply lower income from partnerships. Merck, the world's second-biggest drug company by revenue, says its net income amounts to $752.4 million, or 24 cents per share. That's down from $1.56 billion, or 74 cents a share, in 2009'ssecond quarter.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. says it will sell Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process. The New York Times and Los Angeles times report that Disney signed the agreement late Thursday with Filmyard Holding. The investor group is led by construction magnate Ronald Tutor. Tutor and his partners put down a nonrefundable deposit of $40 million to Disney on Thursday.

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says his office has opened a fraud investigation into the life insurance industry. Cuomo says his office has served subpoenas on Prudential Financial and MetLife as part of its inquiry. The attorney general's office is investigating whether insurers are profiting from grieving families by placing funds from life insurance policies into potentially risky accounts controlled by the companies. The office says it appears companies are earning interest from the accounts, while paying out low yields to beneficiaries.

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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Advertising sin in Sin City is a legal no-no. A federal appeals court has upheld a Nevada law that bars legal brothels in Nevada from advertising in Las Vegas, Reno and other places where prostitution is illegal. The "houses" are allowed to operate in some rural areas. Attorneys for the Shady Lady Ranch were among those who challenged the law. But a federal appeals panel refused to reconsider an earlier decision that gave the ad ban a legal O-K. Ten counties in Nevada allow legal hookers. But prostitution remains illegal in the counties where Las Vegas and Reno are located.

UNDATED (AP) - Apple's latest iPhone could mean good business for iPorn. The smartphone features a new video chat feature called FaceTime. The adult entertainment industry sees big potential in X-rated personal chats. In at least five cities, there are Craigslist ads seeking models specifically for video sex chats on FaceTime. Some ads even offer a free iPhone 4 for the models. Embracing new technology is nothing new for the porn industry. X-rated home videos helped to popularize the VCR in the 1970s. And nternet porn peddlers were among the first to use streaming video.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - It sounds like a creature from a low-budget horror movie. But the 500-pound gator is real indeed. The huge alligator was pulled from a South Carolina lagoon earlier this week. It took three gator wrestlers from the Critter Management company to capture the 11-foot-long reptile. The workers used a truck to pull the gator from the lagoon near a church. One of the professional gator wrestlers tells the Island Packet of Hilton Head that the gator was so big, it was like a frog in a puddle.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) - Fast food won't make your car go fast. That's what a South Carolina woman has learned the hard way. The 30-year-old woman filed a complaint with police after a cheeseburger was stuffed into her gas tank. The Herald of Rock Hill reports the woman took her car to a mechanic when it suddenly stopped running. According to police, there was a cheeseburger and pickle inside the car's gas tank. The repair bill was about $1,000.

MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - Police in Modesto, Calif., are wading through the damage from a flood at the downtown station after a suspect broke a sprinkler. Police say 33-year-old Joseph McHenry was in a second-floor interrogation room Wednesday evening when he smashed a sprinkler, sending 350 gallons of water per minute gushing from the ceiling. The water seeped through the floor and soaked the workstations below. The city had to shut off water and electricity to the building. Workers were evacuated during the cleanup.

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn't going to play fashion cop. His honor says he agrees with a judge who threw out a case against a Bronx man for wearing saggy pants. The guy's drawers were showing and he was given a ticket by a police officer. The case was tossed out of court by a judge, who ruled the officer appeared to be making a style decision. Mayor Bloomberg says the government has no business telling people what they can wear.

RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) - Wedding experts say Chelsea Clinton's gala this weekend could run upwards of $2 million to $3 million. That compares to the roughly $24,000 most American newlyweds spend on their special day. Details have been notoriously difficult to pry loose, but industry insiders have gathered enough intelligence to estimate some of the costs of Saturday's wedding. Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is marrying investment banker Marc Mezvinsky. The most expensive item? Catering, estimated at $750,000 by Brides magazine deputy editor Sally Kilbridge. Toilets could run about $15,000 to $20,000.

NEW YORK (AP) - Jennifer Lopez is said to be close to a deal to become one of the judges on "American Idol." Another spot opened up when comedian Ellen DeGeneres decided to bow out after a year, saying it was not a good fit for her. Producers were already working on a replacement for Simon Cowell.

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Milwaukee will host this year's Farm Aid concert. It'll be October 2. This is the 25th year for the event. And this Monday, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp will reveal details about the concert during a webcast on the Farm Aid website. This year's concert is called "Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America." The webcast will be at 12 noon Eastern time on Monday at www.farmaid.org/25.

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Today is Friday, July 30, the 211th day of 2010. There are 154 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On July 30, 1945, during World War II, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered components for the atomic bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 316 out of some 1,200 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.

On this date:
In 1792, the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was first sung in Paris by troops arriving from Marseille.
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Va., by exploding a gunpowder-filled mine under Confederate defense lines; the attack failed.
In 1918, poet Joyce Kilmer, a sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment, was killed during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I. (Kilmer is perhaps best remembered for his poem "Trees.")
In 1932, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating a women's auxiliary agency in the Navy known as "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service" - WAVES for short.
In 1960, the recently founded American Football League saw its first pre-season game, in which the Boston Patriots defeated the host Buffalo Bills 28-7.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Medicare bill, which went into effect the following year.
In 1975, former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit; although presumed dead, his remains have never been found.
In 1980, Israel's Knesset passed a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu became independent of joint British-French rule.
In 1990, British Conservative Party lawmaker Ian Gow was killed in a bombing claimed by the Irish Republican Army.

Ten years ago: President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela won a fresh six-year term in a landslide re-election.
Five years ago: President George W. Bush was pronounced "fit for duty" after a checkup that showed that the 59-year-old commander-in-chief, an avid mountain bike rider, had lost eight pounds since his last physical exam in December 2004.
One year ago: Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Cambridge, Mass. officer who arrested him for disorderly conduct at his home, Sgt. James Crowley, had beers with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at White House to discuss the dispute that unleashed a furor over racial profiling in America.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Richard Johnson is 83. Actor Edd "Kookie" Byrnes is 77. Major League Baseball
Commissioner Bud Selig is 76. Blues musician Buddy Guy is 74. Movie director Peter Bogdanovich is 71. Feminist activist Eleanor Smeal is 71. Former U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) is 70. Singer Paul Anka is 69. Jazz musician David Sanborn is 65. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is 63. Actor William Atherton is 63. Actor Jean Reno (zhahn rih-NOH') is 62. Blues singer-musician Otis Taylor is 62. Actor Frank Stallone is 60. Actor Ken Olin is 56. Actress Delta Burke is 54. Singer-songwriter Kate Bush is 52. Country singer Neal McCoy is 52. Actor Richard Burgi is 52. Movie director Richard Linklater is 50. Actor Laurence Fishburne is 49. Actress Lisa Kudrow is 47. Bluegrass musician Danny Roberts (The Grascals) is 47. Country musician Dwayne O'Brien is 46. Actress Vivica A. Fox is 46. Actor Terry Crews ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 42. Actor Simon Baker is 41. Movie director Christopher Nolan ("Inception") is 40. Actor Tom Green is 39. Rock musician Brad Hargreaves (Third Eye Blind) is 39. Actress Christine Taylor is 39. Actor-comedian Dean Edwards is 37. Actress Hilary Swank is 36. Olympic gold medal beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor is 33. Actress Jaime Pressly is 33. Alt-country singer-musician Seth Avett is 30. Actress Yvonne Strahovski (TV: "Chuck") is 28.

Thought for Today: "An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty." - Sen. Eugene McCarthy (1916-2005).

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N-Y Yankees 11 Cleveland 4

Texas 7 Oakland 4

Baltimore 6 Kansas City 5, 11 Innings

Chi White Sox 9 Seattle 5


NATIONAL LEAGUE

N-Y Mets 4 St. Louis 0

Washington 5 Atlanta 3

Colorado 9 Pittsburgh 3

Florida 5 San Francisco 0

San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 2

Philadelphia 3 Arizona 2, 11 Innings


WNBA BASKETBALL

San Antonio 79 Washington 75

Phoenix 110 Minnesota 92
 

Rod Fisher, Brian Oakland, Darren Boyle, Andy Shoe, & Pat Morrison give you their opinion on local, state, and national sports.

          DAKOTA RADIO GROUP SPORTS PLAY BY PLAY THIS WEEK   

Friday:            Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins 7:10 pm 6:40 pm Pre-Game

Saturday:       Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins 6:10 pm 5:35 pm Pre-Game

Sunday:         Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins 1:10 pm 12:06 pm Pre-Game

Monday:         Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Rays 6:10 pm 5:40 pm Pre-Game

Friday:       Pierre vs. Rapid City Post 22 in the State Legion Baseball Tournament at 12:30 pm

Saturday:       Pierre vs. TBA State Legion Baseball Tournament TBA

Sunday:         Pierre vs. TBA State Legion Baseball Tournament TBA

Find out what is on the minds of the Dakota Radio Group Sports guys.  Take a look at the DRG Sports Blog and add your thoughts.  Just log onto www.dakotaradiogroup.com and blog away!!!!

IN SPORTS TODAY:  

PHOENIX (AP) - The Minnesota Lynx have their fifth loss in a row. Penny Taylor had 22 points and seven assists as the Phoenix Mercury beat Minnesota 110-92 last night. Charde Houston scored 26 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Lynx.

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings start training camp practice this afternoon in Mankato. Their bitter loss to New Orleans in the NFC title game is still fresh in their minds, and they're still not sure if quarterback Brett Favre will return for another run at a Super Bowl.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Twins are sending minor leaguers Wilson Ramos and Joe Testa to the Washington Nationals for All-Star closer Matt Capps and some cash. Capps has earned 26 saves in 30 chances. He'll help bolster a bullpen that's been missing closer Joe Nathan.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - NASCAR team owner Jack Roush has been transferred to Minnesota's Mayo Clinic following surgery on facial injuries he suffered in a plane crash in Wisconsin. Roush Fenway Racing said yesterday he was in serious but stable condition.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Roy Oswalt will make his Phillies' debut tonight in Washington, a little more than 24 hours after being acquired in a trade that sent fellow pitcher J.A. Happ and two prospects to Houston. Philadelphia rides an eight-game winning streak into our nation's capital following last night's 3-2, 11-innings victory over visiting Arizona.

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - It has already been an eventful day at the Washington Redskins' training camp. First-round draft pick and No. 4 overall choice Trent Williams signed a six-year deal and is practicing with the offensive line. And disgruntled defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth failed his conditioning test for a second consecutive day and is being forced to sit out practice again.

METAIRIE, La. (AP) - The Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints have signed first-round draft choice Patrick Robinson. The former Florida State cornerback was the 32nd and last player chosen in the opening round.

UNDATED (AP) - A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that Mississippi coach Houston Nutt has invited former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to visit campus this weekend. Masoli was considered a possible Heisman Trophy candidate after a breakout season at Oregon, but Ducks coach Chip Kelly kicked him off the team after two brushes with the law in six months.

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - Taiwan's Yani Tseng has a four-shot clubhouse lead after shooting a second straight 4-under-par 68 at the Women's British Open. After starting the day just two shots off the lead, American hopeful Michelle Wie stumbled to a 4-over 76 and is 10 shots off the pace.

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