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Qusi Al-Haj, the west river regional director for Sen. John Thune's office. He came to America in 1979 and has lived here ever since, except for three years in which he served in the Jordanian military.
• More than 80 members of the Dakota Choral Union will perform.
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• SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- The driver and lone survivor of four Marines from California's Camp Pendleton whose car slammed into a tree after a night at a bar was charged with vehicular manslaughter Wednesday in the deaths of his three friends, prosecutors said.
• Jared Ray Hale, 25, was charged with three felony counts of vehicular man

slaughter while intoxicated, Orange County district attorney's officials said in a statement.
• Hale, who suffered brain trauma and a broken arm in the crash, remained in a medical rehabilitation facility.
• Prosecutors planned to ask that bail be set at $100,000, and an arraignment date will be determined later.
• On Feb. 13, Hale went to Hennessey's Tavern in Dana Point with 21-year-old Christopher Arzola of Massachusetts, 23-year-old Jeremiah Callahan

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