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• Simmons joined the DWU faculty in 2006 as the first full-time director of the McGovern Center and the founding chairman of the DWU Department of Leadership and Public Service.
• He says that with the recent death of former Sen. George McGovern and the change in leadership at DWU, he thinks it is best to seek other career opportunities. McGovern passed away at age 90 in October. DWU President Bob Duffett recently announced he is taking a job at a Pennsylvania university.
• Simmons will remain at DWU through the current academic year.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Sioux Falls City Council has decided against holding a special election next spring on the issue of snowgates in the city.
• A resolution to call a special election in May failed 3-5 Tuesday after more than an hour of discussion. The vote tables the issue until the city's general election in 2014.
• Snowgates are devices that attach to snowplows and are designed to prevent driveways and intersections from being blocked by mounds of snow pushed up by the plows.
• Citizens gathered more than 8,000 signatures on a petition asking the city to consider the devices.
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• The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about Thursday:
• 1. WHO'S REGULATING STEROID USE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
• An AP investigation finds more than 4,700 players packed on rapid weight in a season without drawing much attention from schools or the NCAA.
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• 2. HOW ONE TEXAS TOWN KEEPS SCHOOLS SAFE
• Teachers are allowed to carry concealed guns in public schools in Harrold, where the nearest sheriff's office is 30 minutes away.
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• 3. FALLOUT FROM THE BENGHAZI INVESTIGATION
• Four State Department officials resign under pressure after a damning report

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