Sunday,  September 9, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 054 • 19 of 26 •  Other Editions

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nearly complete.
• "Now everything has come into place," she said.

South Dakota defeats Colgate 31-21

• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota scored four touchdowns on the ground, including a pair by quarterback Josh Vander Maten, and defeated Colgate 31-21 on Saturday for its first win of the season.
• Vander Maten gained 73 yards on 14 carries, and completed 12 of 15 passes for 102 yards.
• South Dakota's Jasper Sanders broke a 14-14 deadlock with a 7-yard scoring run with 10:45 left in the third quarter. Kevin Robb booted a 34-yard field goal late in

the third.
• After Colgate (0-2) pulled within 24-21 on a 13-yard run by Gavin McCarney with 45 seconds left in the third, South Dakota (1-1) pulled away again in the fourth on a 5-yard run by Marcus Sims with 9:31 left.
• Sims rushed for 127 yards. Colgate's Jordan McCord rushed for 125 yards and McCarney had 108.

AP News in Brief
Democrats blast GOP Medicare plan as 'Vouchercare,' eager to keep race away from jobs numbers

• ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- President Barack Obama is unleashing a new Medicare offensive against rival Mitt Romney, eager to shake his Republican challenger off his economic focus and turn the campaign on to territory more favorable to Democrats.
• Campaigning for a second day in Florida, where older voters and workers approaching retirement hold sway, Obama on Sunday was expected to highlight a study by a Democratic leaning group that concluded that on average a man or woman retiring at age 65 in 2023, would have to pay $59,500 more for health care over the length of their retirement under Romney's plan.
• The numbers are even higher for younger Americans who retire later, the study found. A person who qualifies for Medicare n 2030 -- today's 48-year-old -- would see an increase of $124,600 in Medicare costs over their retirement period.
• The study was conducted by David Cutler, a Harvard professor and health policy

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