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Corps holding meetings on Missouri River plan
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The two capital cities in the Dakotas are hosting meetings on the Army Corps of Engineers' proposed operating plan for the Missouri River for the coming year.
• Meetings are set at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Bismarck Civic Center and at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ramkota Hotel in Pierre. Corps officials will discuss the proposed plan and then field questions and comments.
• The meetings are among six being held in five states over four days.
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Sculpture damaged in downtown Mason City
• MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Officials say vandals have damaged one of Mason City's new sculptures in the downtown area.
• The Globe Gazette (http://bit.ly/VZkBVO ) says the sculpture, "Jumping Through Hoops," was one of seven sculptures put up in September.
• A Chamber of Commerce worker noticed the damage Sunday morning. Officials say it appears someone leaned on it and broke it or snapped it off at the elbows. What remained of the piece was removed and taken to the chamber's office until it can be determined if it can be repaired.
• The sculpture, by Jacque Frazee of Milbank, S.D., is valued at nearly $7,300.
• Eventually 25 sculptures will be on display for a year and then will be replaced by another 25.
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Region hit by Sandy struggles to resume daily life
ADAM GELLER,AP National Writer
• NEW YORK (AP) -- People in the coastal corridor battered by superstorm Sandy took the first cautious steps Wednesday to reclaim routines upended by the disaster, even as rescuers combed neighborhoods strewn with debris and scarred by floods and fire.
• But while New York City buses returned to darkened streets and the New York Stock Exchange prepared to reopen its storied trading floor, it became clear that restoring the region to its ordinarily frenetic pace could take days -- and that rebuilding the hardest-hit communities and the transportation networks that link them together could take considerably longer.
• "We will get through the days ahead by doing what we always do in tough times -- by standing together, shoulder to shoulder, ready to help a neighbor, com (Continued on page 31)
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