Wednesday,  August 15, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 032 • 15 of 26 •  Other Editions

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between Oct. 28 and Nov. 3, with the exact date and time up to prison officials.
• The warrant for execution comes despite a pending 1983 federal lawsuit to which Moeller is adjoined arguing the state did not follow procedures in setting its execution method.
• In a letter sent to Judge Lawrence Piersol last week, attorney Mark Marshall says Moeller asks the federal court not to stay his execution and notes Moeller has not authorized anyone to seek any form of executive clemency.

ND, SD have low credit card debt, delinquencies

• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Credit card users in North Dakota and South Dakota have some of the nation's lowest rates of credit card debt, and some of the best re

cords for paying on time.
• A report by the TransUnion credit reporting agency says North Dakota has the nation's lowest credit card delinquency rate, at 0.36 percent. South Dakota is the next lowest, at 0.42 percent.
• North Dakota and South Dakota are also among a group of four states whose customers have the lowest credit card debt.
• North Dakota's average debt per borrower is about $4,000, while South Dakota's is about $4,200.
• TransUnion says the average national credit card debt per borrower is almost $5,000. The average delinquency rate is 0.63 percent.

Website praises U of SD's online education degrees

• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- A website says the University of South Dakota's online master's degrees in education are affordable and good.
• The GetEducated.com site rates online university course offerings. Its founder, Vicky Phillips, says several University of South Dakota online master's courses in education get a "Best Buy" rating from the site.
• The website says the overall cost of the university's master's degrees in education was about $16,700.
• Phillips says that puts the online degrees in the top 20 percent in the country for affordability.


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