Friday,  June 15, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 337 • 26 of 34 •  Other Editions

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• Paparian also released a statement from Hale.
• "Every day, I'm faced with the overwhelming and insurmountable grief and loss of not just co-workers, fellow Marines and friends, but the realization that my brothers are gone," the statement said.

• Autopsy confirms teenager died from drowning
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- An autopsy has confirmed that a teenager who went missing while kayaking died from an accidental drowning.
• The Pennington County Sheriff's Office says an autopsy performed Thursday morning confirms that 15-

year-old Justin Lewis of Hill City died from drowning. His body was recovered from Deerfield Lake in southwest South Dakota on Wednesday.
• 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.

Small wildfire contained in southwest South Dakota

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Firefighters have contained a small wildfire in southwest South Dakota they say was caused by lightning.
• The Quarry Fire south of Black Hawk burned 7.5 acres, or less than a square mile. Most of the land was in the Black Hills National Forest; less than an acre was privately owned.
• The fire started about midday Wednesday and was contained at 8 a.m. Thursday. No structures were threatened.

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