Thursday,  January 24, 2013 • Vol. 13--No. 189 • 13 of 34 •  Other Editions

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1 suspect arrested, 2nd sought in SD rape case

• HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities have made one arrest and are seeking a second suspect and possibly a third in the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in southeastern South Dakota's Lincoln County.
• Twenty-year-old Elizeo Kalimba, of Sioux Falls, made his first court appearance Tuesday on rape and child pornography charges. His bond was set at $25,000 cash. He will enter a plea later.
• The sheriff's office is seeking the public's help in finding 19-year-old Obadiah Loyira, who is wanted on the same charges. He is believed to be in the Sioux Falls area. He is not considered a threat to the public.
• The rape is alleged to have happened Jan. 15 at Loyira's home in Harrisburg. Authorities allege Loyira took pictures on his cellphone. They are investigating whether a third person was involved.


Nebraska students call for beer company boycott

• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Students from three Nebraska universities and a high school are calling for a public boycott of Anheuser-Busch products because of their sales to beer stores in the town of Whiteclay.
• Students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Creighton University and Creighton Prep announced the boycott on Tuesday.
• The students say they want to end beer sales in Whiteclay, which sits on the border of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol is banned. Activists say the town is responsible for alcohol-related social problems on the reservation, home to the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
• In a statement, Anheuser-Busch says it obeys all laws in places where it operates, and it doesn't sell beer directly to retailers or consumers.


Flooded and frozen: Cold torments storm survivors
DAVID PORTER,Associated Press
MEGHAN BARR,Associated Press

• NEW YORK (AP) -- Polar air settled in earnest over the Northeast after trekking

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