Monday,  February 25, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 221 • 15 of 27 •  Other Editions

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• --Head Start: Head Start and Early Head Start services would be eliminated for approximately 200 children education.
• ENVIRONMENT
• -- About $1.15 million to ensure clean water and air quality, as well as prevent pollution from pesticides and hazardous waste
• --$735,000 for fish and wildlife protection
• DEFENSE
• --About 1,000 civilian Department of Defense employees would be furloughed
• -- about $900,000 would be cut to operate Army bases in the state, and about $1 million to fund Air Force operations
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
• -- About $37,000 for law enforcement, prosecution and courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, and crime victim and witness initiatives
• EMPLOYMENT
• -- About $216,000 in job search assistance
• -- Child care for as many as 100 disadvantaged and vulnerable children
• HEALTH
• -- $65,000 for vaccines for diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, whooping cough, influenza, and Hepatitis, affecting about 950 children
• -- About $122,000 to help the state respond to public health threats such as infectious diseases, natural disasters, and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events.
• -- About $250,000 to help prevent and treat substance abuse, meaning about 100 fewer admissions to substance abuse programs.
• -- About $34,000 for health departments in the state, resulting in around 800 fewer HIV tests.
• -- About $16,000 for services to victims of domestic violence, affecting about 100 victims.
• -- About $214,000 to provide meals for seniors.

South Dakota defeats Montana State 85-74

• BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- Brandon Bos scored 21 points, leading five South Dakota players in double figures, and the Coyotes snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Montana State 85-74 on Sunday.
• Juevol Myles had 16 points and seven assists, Casey Kasperbauer and Trevor Gruis scored 14 apiece and Tyler Flack added 11 points for the Coyotes (9-18), who

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