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• COZAD, Neb. (AP) -- Two suspects sought by Minnesota and South Dakota authorities have been captured after a short highway chase in south-central Nebraska.
• The Nebraska State Patrol says the two were in a car being sought in a string of armed robberies. A trooper stopped the car Monday afternoon on U.S. Highway 30 near Cozad. As the trooper approached, the car sped off. But it soon stopped after developing engine trouble. The two occupants were arrested, and troopers say three handguns found in the car.
• The driver was identified as 24-year-old Jarrod Birch, and his companion was 19-year-old Alyssa Beard. They're both from Virginia Beach, Va.
• A jailer said they remained in Dawson County Jail on Tuesday, pending local prosecution or traveling to face potential charges in Minnesota and South Dakota.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Snow, freezing rain and cold weather has limited spring fieldwork in South Dakota over the past week.
• The Agriculture Department says in its latest crop and weather report that the planting of crops is on hold. The report also says the spring storms have caused problems for ranchers in the midst of calving and lambing.
• The condition of South Dakota's winter wheat crop is rated as only 47 percent good to excellent. Cattle and calf conditions are rated 55 percent good to excellent.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin says she expects to decide soon whether to run for the South Dakota U.S. Senate seat now held by retiring Democrat Tim Johnson.
• The former Democratic congresswoman tells the Argus Leader newspaper (http://argusne.ws/10vsFAC) that she's seriously considering a run, and is being encouraged by both state and national Democrats.
• The 42-year-old Herseth Sandlin served in the U.S. House from 2004 through 2011. She says she hopes to decide on whether to make a Senate run "in the upcoming weeks."

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