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• Cepak was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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2 Huron teenagers killed in SD car crash
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol says two Huron teenagers have died in a one-vehicle crash near Alpena.
• Authorities say the driver of the car, 16-year-old Emmanuel Martinez, lost control on a curve Sunday afternoon. The car entered one ditch, slid across the road and rolled in the other ditch.
• Martinez died at the scene. The passenger in the car, 16-year-old Marisol Corona, was taken to the Huron Hospital and later transferred to Sanford hospital in Sioux Falls, where she died of her injuries.
• The Highway Patrol says neither Martinez nor Corona was wearing a seatbelt.
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House candidates debate taxes, work ethic in SD
South Dakota Rep. Noem, challenger Varilek bicker over taxes, work ethic in 2nd House debate
By CHET BROKAW
Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Republican Rep. Kristi Noem tried to paint Democratic challenger Matt Varilek as a dedicated follower of President Barack Obama, while Varilek accused her of being ineffective and missing meetings during a brisk Friday debate in which they often ignored the moderator.
• Noam tried to tie Varilek to Obama's policies on taxes, health care and other issues, a strategy likely motivated by the fact that registered Republican voters far outnumber Democrats in South Dakota. Varilek repeatedly said Noem has been ineffective in getting a farm bill and other measures crucial to South Dakota passed even though her party controls the House.
• While the two candidates for South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat were polite and didn't interrupt each other or the moderator, they sometimes ignored the rules for timed statements and rebuttals as they traded barbs in a 90-minute debate sponsored by the Rapid City Journal and streamed live on the newspaper's website.
• "I know you want it to be true, but it's not true," Varilek said after Noem accused him of supporting policies that would tax excess energy use.
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