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• The bill that passed the House Tuesday forbids use of recreational vehicles within 600 feet of a dwelling or livestock on such bodies of water. It allows for a few exceptions.
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SD House defeats measure denouncing Common Core
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota House has defeated a measure that would reject the Common Core standards.
• The measure would not have had authority to take action against the standards because it was proposed as a resolution, not a bill.
• Legislators voted 45-24 against it.
• The resolution says the standards confine the country to "a nationwide straitjacket on academic freedom."
• Supporters say Common Core was part of an inappropriate overreach of national and corporate interests into education. They say state standards should be decided by South Dakotans.
• Opponents object to the language in the resolution, saying it has many inaccuracies.
• Another measure to require more notice and time between hearings on future academic standards passed 59-9. It will go on to the Senate.
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AP Exclusive: Health law cybersecurity challenges
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the Obama administration raced to meet its self-imposed deadline for online health insurance markets, security experts working for the government worried that state computer systems could become a back door for hackers.
• Documents provided to The Associated Press show that more than two-thirds of state systems that were supposed to tap into federal computers to verify sensitive personal information for coverage were initially rated as "high risk" for security problems.
• Back-door attacks have been in the news, since the hackers who stole millions of customers' credit and debit card numbers from Target are believed to have gained access through a contractor's network.
• The administration says the documents offer only a partial and "outdated" snapshot of an improving situation, and the security problems cited were either resolved (Continued on page 24)
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