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Church in Pierre. Daugaard's request is that flags be at half-staff from 8 a.m. until sunset.
• Abdnor was the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from the Senate. He also served four terms in the U.S. House, headed the U.S. Small Business Administration for two years, served six terms in the state Legislature and was lieutenant governor from 1968-71.
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• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota State University pre-med student has won an award for his research examining development of premature lungs.
• Brian Wynia, of Sioux Falls, is one of 10 students from across the nation to receive the Bruce Award from the American Physiological Society.
• Wynia's research looked at the role of caveolin-1 in lung development in mouse development. Caveolin-1 is a significant protein involved in cell signaling and maintenance of cellular homeostasis. The hope is that the research could one day advance treatment for poorly developed lungs in premature infants.
• The APS Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship sponsored Wynia's research. He worked with postdoctoral fellow Olga Chernaya and Richard Minshall, associate professor of pharmacology and anesthesiology at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

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