Thursday,  June 14, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 336 • 12 of 34 •  Other Editions

Body pulled from SD lake ID'd as missing teen

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A body recovered from a southwest South Dakota lake is that of a teenager who went missing while kayaking.
• The Pennington County Sheriff's Office says it has confirmed that the body pulled from Deerfield Lake on Wednesday is that of 15-year-old Justin Lewis of Hill City.
• Experts from several states had been searching for Lewis since he disappeared May 28 and his boat and life jacket turned up the following day.
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Study: Cougars again spreading across Midwest
JIM SUHR,Associated Press

• ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Cougars are again spreading across the Midwest a century after the generally reclusive predators were hunted to near extinction in much of the region, according

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