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guished career of national significance and achievement."
• Mills, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, co-founded and has become the national spokesman for the Running Strong for American Indian Youth organization, a nonprofit agency that works to strengthen Native American communities.
• In February, President Barack Obama presented Mills with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second highest civilian award.
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Hultman to lead Department Of Labor And Regulation
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The interim secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation is removing interim from her title.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced Friday that he will appoint Marcia Hultman, the department's deputy secretary, to take the position.
• Hultman has served as interim secretary since the retirement of Secretary Pam Roberts in October.
• Daugaard says he considered several strong candidates but found that the best person for the job is already doing the job. He says Hultman understands the department's work in developing the state's workforce, helping the unemployed and regulating the banking, insurance and securities sectors.
• Hultman joined the Department of Labor in 1997 as a public information officer.
• She has been workforce services division director since 2000, and additionally became the deputy secretary in 2006.
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'Ice Friday' bears down on Texas, much of Midwest
NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press
• DALLAS (AP) -- As snow and freezing rain blanketed normally sun-swept North Texas, residents accustomed to warmer temperatures appeared to heed warnings on what one hardware store manager called "Ice Friday," staying off nearly impassable roadways and out of the skin-stinging cold.
• Earlier this week, many in Texas were basking in spring-like temperatures that hit the 80s. But by Thursday, Texas was facing the same wintry blast that has slammed much of the U.S., bringing frigid temperatures, ice and snow.
• Freezing rain started to pelt highways and power lines Thursday evening, leaving a quarter-million customers without electricity Friday morning. Schools canceled classes a day before, many businesses gave workers the day off, and frigid roads and sidewalks were mostly empty. Organizers of Sunday's Dallas Marathon can (Continued on page 22)
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