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was the same man.
• St. John was arrested Jan. 7 in Bloomington after several unsuccessful home invasions, carjackings, kidnappings and auto thefts.
• He also is wanted on a federal warrant out of North Dakota for violation of supervised release.
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South Dakota's six public universities have higher grade-point averages than non-athletes but lagged in some proficiency tests, according to a report that will be presented to the Board of Regents next week.
• The study for the 2010-2011 school year involved 644 athletes and 7,250 non-athletes who entered the university system as freshmen or transfer students. It will be presented to the regents during a meeting next week at South Dakota State University.
• The report found that athletes had an average GPA of 2.73 and took 13.2 hours, well above the average GPA of 2.47 and 12.1 hours for non-athletes.
• The NCAA requires that athletes show progress toward degree completion to maintain eligibility, said Daniel Palmer, director of Institutional Research for the Board of Regents.
• "Athletes face standards that non-athletes don't," he said.
• Non-athletes outscored athletes in science, reading and writing on the College

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