Thursday,  September 6, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 051 • 18 of 33 •  Other Editions

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Daugaard requests flags at half-staff for Larson

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has asked that all flags be flown at half-staff in South Dakota on Friday in honor of former Secretary of State Alma Larson of Gregory.
• Larson died Sunday. She was 80.
• Larson served as South Dakota's 22nd secretary of state from 1965-1973.
• Daugaard says he's asking all flags to be at half-staff from 8 a.m. to sunset on Friday.

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10 Things to Know Today
The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
• 1. CLINTON BOOSTS OBAMA IN ROUSING CONVENTION SPEECH
• Ex-president proclaims: "I know we're coming back" from the worst economic mess in generations.
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• 2. WHAT'S BACK IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM
• God and Jerusalem are reinstated, after Obama intervenes to order the changes.
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• 3. REPORT DETAILS HARSH TREATMENT AT SECRET CIA-RUN PRISONS
• Rights group says it has evidence of wider use of waterboarding than the U.S. has acknowledged.
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• 4. HOW TO STAY SAFE FROM BUBONIC PLAGUE
• After a case in Colorado, experts advise: Avoid rodents; limit brush, rock and wood piles and rodent breeding areas.
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• 5. A FLASH POINT IN A CLOSELY WATCHED CASE
• At an 11 a.m. hearing, a judge is expected to order the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage to have his beard shaved.
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• 6. GLENN BECK'S ATTACK AGAINST AMERICAN AIRLINES

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