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the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. The winner advances to the quarterfinals.
• NDSU and SDSU have become both friends and foes since joining forces for the move from Division II to Division I athletics a decade ago.
• Justin Sell, the SDSU athletic director, calls it one of the "coolest rivalries" he's been a part of because the schools have many similarities, from athletic to academic programs.
• The contest comes just three weeks after NDSU held off SDSU 20-17 in a game that ultimately decided the conference championship.
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SD officials say tax due on some online purchases
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- State officials say South Dakotans doing their holiday shopping online should remember that state and city taxes may be due on their purchases.
• State Business Tax Director Doug Shinkel says many people don't realize that most Internet retailers are not collecting sales tax on items bought online. He says when sales tax is not charged on such purchases, the buyer owes a use tax.
• The state use tax is 4 percent, the same as the state sales tax. Many cities also charge a sales and use tax.
• Shinkel says online shoppers can find use tax reporting forms and other information on the state Revenue Department's website at http://www.state.sd.us/drr2/businesstax/st/usetax.htm
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First Lady marking milestone in reading initiative
• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota First Lady Linda Daugaard is visiting her 200th elementary school as part of her initiative to encourage students to read.
• Daugaard will read to students in the third, fourth and fifth grades at Lincoln Elementary School in Aberdeen on Friday.
• The First Lady started her reading initiative on May 8, 2011, to stress the importance of reading as a lifelong learning tool. She says good reading skills are the foundation of all learning.
• Daugaard has since read to more than 19,000 elementary students across South Dakota. In addition to reading to students, Daugaard also uses the visits to collect gently used chapter books to distribute in classrooms at other schools. Books from the last school visited go to the next school on her list.
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