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ing," said Johnson, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
• Huether said financial services jobs can be created in South Dakota because of visionaries such as former Governor Bill Janklow, who thought outside the box to help bring Citibank to Sioux Falls.
• "Thousands of jobs were created because of leaders, visionaries and risk takers, and today all of us are reaping the rewards," Huether said.
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Judge throws out tribes' lawsuit on Sioux nickname
DAVE KOLPACK,Associated Press

• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A judge has thrown out a federal lawsuit by a committee of tribal members trying to save the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname, an issue that has been debated on several fronts since the NCAA in 2005 declared the moniker hostile and abusive.
• The suit was filed against the NCAA by several members of the Spirit Lake Sioux tribe and one member of the Standing Rock Sioux. It asked for at least $10 million and a reversal of the NCAA policy banning the use of American Indian imagery in post-season competition.
• The NCAA filed a motion in December to dismiss the lawsuit, saying the tribes lacked standing to bring it and their claims that the tribes' civil and religious rights were violated are not supported by facts. A federal judge ruled late Tuesday in favor

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