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email that there were no leaks and "the integrity of the pipeline system is sound."
• The system will be operated at a slightly reduced pressure for about 24 hours so additional testing can be completed.
• "Once the pipeline system is operating at full pressure, we will be curtailing October volumes and will return to contractual delivery levels in November," Howard said. "We will be having direct discussions with our customers regarding the impact this will have on their deliveries to us."
• The potential problems were detected in a section of the line between Missouri and Illinois. TransCanada had planned to restart the pipeline Saturday, but bad weather complicated efforts to move equipment into the area so workers could excavate the pipeline for inspection.
• "It was critical we moved forward safely," Howard said of the logistical issues.
• The temporary closure isn't expected to affect refinery production or retail gas prices because crude supplies are plentiful across the U.S.
• The shutdown comes amid delays over TransCanada's plans to build a $7 billion pipeline called the Keystone XL that would transport heavy tar-sands crude oil from Canada to Texas' Gulf Coast refineries.
• Opponents warn the new pipeline would be carrying heavy, acidic crude oil that could more easily corrode a metal pipe and lead to a spill. TransCanada says its pipeline would be the safest ever built.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- One person is hospitalized with injuries following high-speed chase in western South Dakota.
• The Rapid City police department says officers were called to Best Buy at about 1:45 p.m. Monday after a man reportedly approached someone in the parking lot, brandished a handgun and stole the car.
• Officers from the Rapid City and Sturgis police departments, the South Dakota Highway Patrol and the Meade County Sheriff's Office pursued the car along Interstate 90 until the suspect rolled the vehicle near mile marker 32.
• The suspect was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
• The suspect's name has not yet been released.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Details are still being worked out for services that will be

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