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party was calling those voters to give them correct information.
• Along with the state's lone U.S. representative, voters will chose state lawmakers and two members of the Public Utilities Commission, a three-member panel that regulates electric, natural gas and telephone utilities.
• They also will decide several ballot issues, including on Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard's plan for merit pay for teachers and proposed state constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.
• Still, the House race has drawn the lion's share of attention this election year.
• Varilek hammered Noem for missing many House committee meetings and failing to get a farm bill passed before Congress recessed for the election. He also accused her of supporting Republican plans that he said would wreck Medicare, the health care program for retirees, and give tax breaks to the wealthy.
• Noem said she attended most of the meetings she was accused of skipping and missed others because she couldn't be in two meetings at once. She accused Varilek of supporting tax increases on middle-class families and small businesses and backing the health care overhaul she argued would increase costs instead of reducing them.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say two suspects are being held on federal larceny charges after a theft at a Pierre bank.
• Pierre Police Capt. Elton Blemaster tells KCCR radio that there was a theft of an undisclosed amount of money but there was no robbery and no weapons involved.
• The suspects, whose names were not released, were apprehended by the Campbell County Sheriff about 12:50 p.m. Monday.
• KGFX radio reports that they were questioned in Mobridge and are now in federal custody.
• Blemaster says the two walked into the bank and took the money.
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation is working with the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and the Pierre Police Department on the investigation.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning South Dakotans to be on guard for scammers purporting to collect money to help victims in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

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