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• Neuharth was the Newseum's founder. He earned a degree from the University of South Dakota, which currently is home to the Al Neuharth Media Center.
• Neuharth changed the look of American newspapers with the debut of USA Today in 1982. He died last month at the age of 89.
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Budget cuts to reduce unemployment benefits
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota will be reducing extended unemployment compensation benefits by nearly 17 percent as part of federal budget cuts.
• The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation says the benefits will be reduced by 16.8 percent. It affects all claimants filing for benefits beginning the week of June 2 and ending the week of Sept. 28.
• The reduction does not affect the 26 weeks of state unemployment benefits.
• A notice will be mailed to all people who have filed a claim as of May 13.
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Fed official to attend SD summit on tribal welfare
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- President Barack Obama's top official on tribal issues was expected to attend a summit this week in South Dakota aimed at sorting out allegations that the state regularly violates federal law by removing American Indian children from their homes and placing them in foster care with non-Indian families.
• Kevin Washburn, the U.S. Interior Department's assistant secretary for Indian affairs, planned to meet with leaders from South Dakota's nine Indian tribes for the three-day summit starting Wednesday in Rapid City.
• The summit was called in response to charges that South Dakota breaks the Indian Child Welfare Act, which requires that Native American children removed from homes must be placed with relatives or put in foster care with other Native American families except in unusual circumstances.
• The goal is to "let Congress know about our long-term intent to fix the situation," said Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney and member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who helped coordinate the summit's agenda. "At the end of the road, we should be administering our own childcare services to our kids."
• Phyllis Young, a Standing Rock Sioux tribal council member, said she hopes the summit brings awareness to what is happening and to question the standards set for accessing federal money.
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