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• Pipeline opponent Jane Kleeb of Bold Nebraska says her group continues to oppose the project and plans to try to persuade Obama and Nebraska officials to reject it.
• Environmental groups worry the pipeline could contaminate underground water supplies and increase air pollution around refineries.
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Police: SD shooting apparent murder-suicide
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Police are calling the deaths of a man and woman in Rapid City a murder-suicide.
• Police say officers responded to a call Tuesday night for a report of a possible shooting at the apartment of 58-year-old Brad Swanson and 55-year-old Deb Olmacher. A caller reported that a man inside the residence had a gun, and had killed his girlfriend.
• Authorities say officers made contact with Swanson, who told police that he had killed his girlfriend and refused to cooperate further.
• Officers later entered the apartment and found the couple dead from gunshot wounds.
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Local ballot measures decided in South Dakota
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Voters across South Dakota decided several local issues in Tuesday's general election.
• The Mitchell Daily Republic reports that Chamberlain voters rejected a $5.3 million bond issue for a new events and fine arts center, residents in the western half of Miner County voted to leave the James River Water Development District over concerns about a lack of projects, and Hanson County voters defeated a proposed wheel tax to help pay for road work.
• The Capital Journal reports that voters in Hughes County also rejected a wheel tax increase.
• The Black Hills Pioneer reports that residents of Lead (leed) voted not to change parking on Main Street.
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Pierre bank theft suspects appear in federal court
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Two people accused of stealing at least $1,000 from a Pierre bank have made their initial court appearances and asked for public defenders.
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