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• Mo. man arrested after car chase through ND, SD
• WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) -- A Missouri man is in jail after allegedly leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase with a stolen vehicle through North Dakota and South Dakota.
• The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 43-year-old Robert W. Smith, from Oregon, Mo., was arrested Thursday morning. Authorities say a trooper attempted to stop the vehicle Smith was driving along Interstate 29 in Richland County in North Dakota. When Smith reportedly failed to stop, a pursuit ensued southbound along Interstate 29 and into South Dakota. Speeds reached up to 105 mph.
• The car was stopped with a tire deflating device. Smith was immediately extradited to North Dakota and is being held the Richland County Jail in Wahpeton.
• The vehicle had been reported stolen in Dickinson on Wednesday.
• Attempts to reach Smith were not successful.
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• CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- The owner of five Casper radio stations is the subject of a federal labor lawsuit over employee pay.
• The Casper Star-Tribune reported this week that Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting was sued by the U.S. Department of Labor and accused of improperly paying some workers (http://bit.ly/10t6Vkx ).
• The lawsuit accuses Mt. Rushmore of paying employees less than federal minimum wage and not paying overtime. Six former employees are named in the suit.
• The allegations date as far back as August 2008, according to the complaint. Federal authorities also accuse the company of failing to keep adequate records related to employee work hours.
• Mt. Rushmore President Jan Charles Gray disputed the allegations. Gray told the newspaper that the allegations came from disgruntled former employees.
• "The filing is bogus and unfortunate," Gray said in an emailed statement.
• Labor Department attorney Beau Ellis did not respond Tuesday to a message seeking comment.
• Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting is licensed to operate four FM stations in Casper: KMLD 94.5, KASS 106.9, KQLT 103.7 and KHOC 102.5. Mt. Rushmore also owns KVOC-AM 1230 in Casper, along with stations in Rawlins and in South Dakota.
• The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for Wyoming, accuses the company of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. It seeks unpaid wages and damages equal to the compensation owed to the workers, as well as an order preventing the

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