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• The measure's main sponsor, House Democratic Leader Bernie Hunhoff of Yankton, says money spent on prenatal care would help make sure more babies are born healthy. He says that would reduce spending to care for seriously ill babies.
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Apple cofounder Wozniak coming to Rapid City
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Apple Computers cofounder Steve Wozniak will speak in Rapid City next month.
• Wozniak will give a talk at the John T. Vucurevich Foundation annual speaker series event, April 29 at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Theatre.
• Wozniak's presentation will focus on innovation and creativity, and he'll offer his personal vision for the future of technology.
• The Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-IO.
• Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer in 1976 with Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. The following year he introduced the Apple II, which was integral in launching the personal computer industry.
• Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for students.
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House panel to discuss development incentives
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A House panel plans to discuss a wide-ranging plan aimed at luring large industrial projects to the state while also helping to bring smaller projects to South Dakota.
• The measure introduced last week would focus on providing tax breaks for large projects that the state otherwise might not attract. It also would provide money for training workers and helping communities build the housing, roads and water systems needed to encourage development.
• The House State Affairs Committee will take up the bill Monday morning.
• Senate Republican Leader Russell Olson says Republicans and Democrats have worked for the past two months to find a compromise plan.
• The lawmakers hope to get the House and Senate to pass the measure before the main run of the legislative session ends late this week.
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Storm to drop snow from ND into MN, IA, WI
• GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- Another blast of winter weather is forecast to track from eastern North Dakota southeast into Minnesota and Iowa, the National Weather Service said Sunday.
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