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of the sentence could run at the same time as the one he's already serving.
• Harris-Moore's attorney, John Henry Browne, did not learn of the new charges until Wednesday, when Harris-Moore called the office to say he'd been served with an arrest warrant from Skagit County.
• "All the other prosecutors tried to get Weyrich to come along with the plea deal," Browne said. "They all thought the sentence was fine, but I guess it's not OK with Mr. Weyrich. I thought Colton Harris-Moore was supposed to be the juvenile here."
• Browne said that by declining to participate in the state plea deal, Weyrich had cut the Skagit County victims out of receiving restitution from any movie made about Harris-Moore. Weyrich said Wednesday he did not know whether that was true.
• The Anacortes couple whose plane was stolen, Jeff and Linda Hendricks, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Wednesday. The plane sustained little damage.
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SD leads nation in Native American poverty rate
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota leads the nation in the percentage of Native Americans living below the poverty line, and more than half of the Native Americans in the state's second largest city live in poverty, according to new U.S. Census data released Wednesday.
• More than 48 percent of the state's 65,000 Native Americans live below the poverty threshold, according to the American Community Survey on poverty covering 2007 to 2011. In Rapid City, the poverty rate for Native Americans was 50.9 percent. This leads the nation among the 20 cities most populated by American Indians and Alaska Natives.
• "The number is unacceptable," said Rapid City Mayor Sam Kooiker. "And I think the situation is not limited to our Native population, although it affects the Native population more dramatically than other segments of the population."
• Under current federal guidelines, an individual earning less than $11,170 a year or a family of four with an annual income of less than $23,050 is considered to be living in poverty.
• Kooiker said the Black Hills of South Dakota is an area that has struggled with high underemployment numbers for years. The mayor said the solution is a two-pronged one: increasing opportunities in both the government and private sector, and having potential employees work to improve their skill sets once those opportunities are in place.
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