Associated Press
Tom Brokaw Hospitalized
NEW YORK (AP) – NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw was taken to a Charlotte, N.C., hospital Thursday morning after appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
The network says Brokaw felt “light-headed” on the set of the news-talk program, which has been originating this week from Charlotte. “Out of an abundance of caution,” ...
Iowa Study Aimed at Making Tractors Safer for Kids
CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) – Researchers who hope to keep children from dying in tractor accidents are using a state-of-the-art driving simulator to help determine when kids can safely operate farm equipment.
Federal regulators tried to combat the high number deaths and injuries among teen farm workers earlier this year with rules limiting their ability to operate power equipment. But
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SD Man Crashes Car While Trying To Calm Dog, Flees
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Highway Patrol says a man who was trying to calm his dog caused a crash when his car hit a pickup and forced it into a deep ditch.
Patrol Trooper Derek Mann says 26-year-old Tyson Andersen of Rapid City was driving north on U.S. 38
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Children’s Justice Conference Sessions To Be Held
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Unified Judicial System is sponsoring Children’s Justice Conference sessions this month in Rapid City and Sioux Falls.
The Sept. 11 conference in Rapid City and the Sept. 13 conference in Sioux Falls are geared toward judges, attorneys, child welfare agency staff, court advocates, law enforcement officers, social workers, mental health staff and health car
SD Officials Ask For Reports of Dead Deer
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota wildlife officials are asking hunters and landowners to be on the lookout for dead dear.
The Game, Fish and Parks Department reports that this is the time of year when deer tend to die from hemorrhagic disease, which is also known as epizootic hemorrhagic disease or blue tongue. The
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Favre Attorneys Fighting Racy Claims
NEW YORK (AP) – Brett Favre’s lawyers say he shouldn’t have to respond to some embarrassing claims about his personal life that two massage therapists are making in a New York lawsuit.
Among other things, the massage therapists want the former NFL quarterback to admit or deny he solicited women for sex trysts and sent explicit photos to a former Jets game hostess.
Favre’s attorney
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