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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is backing South Dakota in the state's effort to make sure the owner of the old Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad has fulfilled its promises to upgrade the line before selling it.
• Secretary Thomas Vilsack sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board urging the panel to support the state's petition to investigate Canadian Pacific Railway

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