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years that the rate fell below 8 percent. And it fell because of a huge increase in the number of people who said they found jobs.
• There have been some other encouraging signs. Auto sales rose in September by 13 percent from a year earlier to nearly 1.2 million. Home sales have been posting solid gains. And consumer confidence jumped in September, according to two closely watched surveys.
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Ceremony planned for Army guard unit relocating
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Army National Guard is hosting a ceremony Sunday to honor a unit that is being relocated.
• The ceremony is set to honor the unit from Miller. Soldiers from Miller's Detachment 2, Company A, 139th Brigade Support Battalion, will conduct their drill training in Redfield for several months before moving to Watertown once a Readiness Center is completed.
• The unit's relocation is the result of federal budget cuts, U.S. Army restructuring and the opening of the new Regional Readiness Center.
• Sunday's ceremony is scheduled for 12 p.m. at the National Guard armory in Rapid City. Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch (rysh) is the featured speaker.
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S. Dakota man sentenced to prison for kidnapping
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison on a charge of kidnapping and aiding and abetting.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson announced Wednesday that 26-year-old Jerett Jakeway was sentenced to five years and two months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Jakeway earlier pleaded guilty to the charge.
• Prosecutors say Jakeway and his father traveled from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to the Rosebud Indian Reservation to locate a man they thought had stolen a piece of property from a family member. The two men reportedly kidnapped the man at gunpoint and assaulted him.
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Judge's ruling paves way for S. Dakota execution
DIRK LAMMERS,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A federal judge has paved the way for the execution of a convicted killer whose attorneys wanted to challenge the constitutionality of South Dakota's execution method over his objections.
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