Sunday,  Feb. 02, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 201 • 23 of 36

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• Winter has another flight.
• If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
• Winter will not come again."
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Sioux Falls police have suspects in robbery spree

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls police say the arrests of two men in connection with a convenience store robbery should help them solve a string of recent armed holdups.
• Twenty-year-old Joshua Porth and 24-year-old Jonathon Julson are charged with one count of first-degree robbery in connection with an early Friday morning robbery at a Kum & Go convenience store.
• Authorities say additional charges could be filed once police complete their investigation.
• The city has seen 10 armed robberies within a month and police say they have suspects in all but two of the cases.
• Sioux Falls Police Chief Doug Barthel says the robberies have put residents on edge and he hopes the arrests will ease some of those fears.
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SD men sentenced as part of large drug conspiracy

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Three South Dakota men charged in a wide-ranging drug conspiracy have been sentenced in federal court.
• Fifty-seven-year old Edward Vocu, 62-year old Moses Montileaux Sr. and 57-year-old Zeno Little were charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. They were among 18 people charged in the case.
• Vocu was sentenced to 10 years and prison and Montileaux to five years. Little was ordered to serve three years of probation.
• Authorities say the investigation began in October 2008 and involved the distribution of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Keystone XL foes undaunted by State Dept. report
GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press

• LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- With yet another obstacle removed for the Keystone XL pipeline, opponents were pressing forward with a lawsuit to challenge the project, public protests and an effort to inject the issue into the November elections.
• Supporters and opponents both were quick to claim victories with the U.S. State

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