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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota ranch hand who says he suffered emotional distress when he saw his former boss accidentally shoot himself has lost his bid to file a claim against the ranch owner's estate.
• According to court documents, Harding County rancher Blair Hamilton accidentally killed himself in October 2009. Lyndon Hart, who worked on the ranch, says he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder from witnessing the accident.
• Hart sought to file a claim against Hamilton's estate, but a lawyer for the estate said Hart had waited too long to make a claim.
• The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that rejected

Hart's request to extend the time to file a claim against the estate.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard will be in Sioux Falls Monday to attend the ribbon cutting and grand opening of the TCF Bank operations center.
• The center adds

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