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equipment and resources.
• The agreement was signed by the Hell Canyon Ranger District of the Black Hills National Forest, the Fall River Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, Jewel Cave National Monument and Wind Cave National Park.
• Jewel Cave Superintendent Larry Johnson says the agreement should improve service to the public and increase operating efficiency in the agencies. He says the agencies share borders and common issues.
• Johnson says the agreement, based on a recently passed federal law, allows the agencies to trade employees and equipment to get work done in the most efficient manner possible.
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AP News in Brief
Okla. officials plan to assess damage from fatal storm at daybreak; 5 killed, dozens injured
• OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Emergency officials are preparing to survey tornado damage again this morning following the second major fatal storm to strike the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in several days.
• Law enforcement officers and Red Cross damage assessment workers planned to head out at dawn to areas the tornadoes struck in the city and its suburbs.
• Amy Elliott, a spokeswoman for the state medical examiner, said early Saturday that she had no word of additional fatalities beyond the five reported Friday night. Among them were a mother and baby.
• Hospital officials say about 50 people were hurt. The storm bore down on an interstate highway as commuters tried to beat it home during evening rush hour.
• On May 20, an even more powerful storm rolled into Moore, killing 24 people.
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Offers of federal aid, facts on the ground test GOP resolve to cut the size of government
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- One major principle of Barack Obama's presidency that his foes love to hate -- that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and protect Americans -- is finding fresh currency among some Republicans.
• Their doctrine that smaller government is better government is being tested by pressing needs in storm-battered states, security threats that play up the need for a robust defense apparatus and offers for federal funds that are tough to turn down.
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