Friday,  March 8, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 232 • 28 of 37 •  Other Editions

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• Rapid City Council Member Ron Sasso, the council's liaison on the library's Board of Trustees, said the incident was unusual but could have happened anywhere. "This could have happened at the civic center, Main Street Square," he said. "It happened that it was the library and not a parking lot."
• While such incidents are, thankfully, rare and unusual, library staff knew what to do and helped keep a bad situation from becoming worse.

SD jewel theft suspect waives extradition from FL

• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- A man suspected of stealing a $30,000 bracelet from an Aberdeen store has waived extradition to South Dakota following his arrest in Florida.
• Twenty-eight-year-old Maykel Correoso, of Miami, is charged with petty theft in Naples, Fla., for allegedly trying to steal clothing from three stores. He will be sent to Aberdeen to face the charge against him there after his Florida case is done. His next court appearance is March 25.
• Correoso is accused of walking into a Riddle's Jewelry store in an Aberdeen mall last Nov. 1, asking an employee to show him a bracelet, then snatching it and fleeing.

10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EST):
• 1. WHO WILL ATTEND CHAVEZ'S FUNERAL
• At 10:30 a.m., world leaders and celebrities will join Venezuelans to honor and mourn the late socialist leader in a funeral shrouded in astonishing secrecy.

• 2. WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING ABOUT NORTH KOREA THREATS
• They say Pyongyang lacks the technology for a nuclear strike on the U.S. and analysts say the rhetoric has the added effect of reaching North Korea's own people.

• 3. WHO IS OPPOSED TO TSA ACTION
• Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to a new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives

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