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• Region 7B
• Wall 36, Lyman 25
• Region 8B
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Bond set at $500K for Rapid City homicide suspect
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Bond has been set at $500,000 for a man accused of shooting and killing another man outside a Rapid City motel.
• Thirty-year-old Charles Birdshead is accused of shooting 33-year-old Eustacio Murrufo to death on Jan. 7 at the South Dakota Rose Inn.
• Judge Wally Eklund set Birdshead's bond of cash only during a hearing Tuesday.
• Birdshead has pleaded not guilty to eight charges, including first-degree manslaughter, fourth-degree rape, possession of a controlled weapon and distributing methamphetamine to a minor.
• The rape charge involves a child, which police say was uncovered during their investigation.
• Birdshead faces a maximum sentence of life in prison plus 80 years if found guilty.
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SD panel endorses cellphone ban for young drivers
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A measure that prohibits beginning drivers from using cellphones or other electronic devices until they get unrestricted licenses at age 16 passed through a South Dakota House committee Tuesday.
• But the Transportation Committee rejected a bill that would have required beginning drivers to wait longer before driving unaccompanied by adults after lawmakers said it would inconvenience parents.
• The panel considered four bills recommended by a task force set up by the Legislature two years ago to find ways to reduce teen traffic rates and fatalities. All four measures were approved earlier by the Senate, but the House panel killed the measure seeking a longer training period for beginning drivers and a plan to limit the number of unrelated passengers in a vehicle driven by a teen with a restricted permit.
• Sen. Craig Tieszen, R-Rapid City, chairman of the task force that wrote the bills, said the leading cause of death for those aged 14 to 17 is traffic crashes. Those (Continued on page 25)
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