Friday,  June 15, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 337 • 26 of 34 •  Other Editions

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• Paparian also released a statement from Hale.
• "Every day, I'm faced with the overwhelming and insurmountable grief and loss of not just co-workers, fellow Marines and friends, but the realization that my brothers are gone," the statement said.
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• Autopsy confirms teenager died from drowning
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- An autopsy has confirmed that a teenager who went missing while kayaking died from an accidental drowning.
• The Pennington County Sheriff's Office says an autopsy performed Thursday morning confirms that 15-

year-old Justin Lewis of Hill City died from drowning. His body was recovered from Deerfield Lake in southwest South Dakota on Wednesday.
• Experts from several states had been searching for Lewis since he disappeared May 28 and his boat and life jacket turned up the following day.
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Small wildfire contained in southwest South Dakota

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Firefighters have contained a small wildfire in southwest South Dakota they say was caused by lightning.
• The Quarry Fire south of Black Hawk burned 7.5 acres, or less than a square mile. Most of the land was in the Black Hills National Forest; less than an acre was privately owned.
• The fire started about midday Wednesday and was contained at 8 a.m. Thursday. No structures were threatened.

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