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Frigid temps and dangerous wind chills in Dakotas
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Frigid temperatures have moved into the Dakotas as an arctic air mass continues to spread across the region.
• The National Weather Service says below-normal temperatures are expected to continue through at least Tuesday morning.
• The coldest wind chills are in western and central North Dakota. The Weather Service says the wind chill dropped to -47 near Pierce and -42 degrees near McHenry and Sheridan overnight.
• In South Dakota, dangerous wind chills are expected through Monday evening thanks to low temperatures and northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph. The combination is producing wind chills from -20 to -40.
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American Indian gang trio face racketeering trial
AMY FORLITI,Associated Press
• MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Three members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people from the Twin Cities to reservations in greater Minnesota, Wisconsin and beyond will go on trial Tuesday in what authorities call one of the largest gang cases to come out of Indian Country.
• Wakinyon Wakan McArthur, 34, -- an alleged leader of the Native Mob -- and two alleged Native Mob "soldiers," Anthony Francis Cree, 26, and William Earl Morris, 25, are accused of being part of a criminal enterprise that used intimidation and violence to keep the gang in power. They face multiple charges, including conspiracy to participate in racketeering and attempted murder in the aid of racketeering.
• Prosecutors said the case is important partly because of its size -- 25 people were charged in a 57-count indictment -- and because the racketeering charge is a tool rarely used against gangs, indicating this is an attempt to take down the entire enterprise.
• "This is a major case on many levels," U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Jeanne Cooney said. "It's one of the largest, if not the largest case dealing with Native American gangs."
• The 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment says the Native Mob is one of the largest and most violent American Indian gangs in the U.S., and is most active in Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as Michigan, North Dakota and South Dakota. It (Continued on page 28)
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