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Texting-while-driving ban likely in Aberdeen
• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- The Aberdeen City Council has given initial approval to a ban on texting while driving.
• Final approval could come on July 1. Aberdeen would join Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Watertown, Brookings, Vermillion and Huron in passing bans.
• The South Dakota Legislature has rejected proposals for a statewide ban, leaving cities to decide the matter for themselves.
• If the Aberdeen ban is approved, a violation would be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $120.
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AP News in Brief
Intelligence official says US spy program will remain despite backlash at home, abroad
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration considered whether to charge a government contractor with leaking classified surveillance secrets while it defended the broad U.S. spy program that it says keeps America safe from terrorists.
• Facing a global uproar over the programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world, the Justice Department continued to investigate whether the disclosures of Edward Snowden, 29, an employee of government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, were criminal.
• Meanwhile, the European Parliament planned to debate the spy programs Tuesday and whether they have violated local privacy protections. EU officials in Brussels pledged to seek answers from U.S. diplomats at a trans-Atlantic ministerial meeting in Dublin later this week.
• The global scrutiny comes after revelations from Snowden, who has chosen to reveal his identity. Snowden has fled to Hong Kong in hopes of escaping criminal charges as lawmakers including Senate intelligence chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California accuse him of committing an "act of treason" that should be prosecuted.
• Officials in Germany and the European Union issued calm but firm complaints Monday over two National Security Agency programs that target suspicious foreign messages -- potentially including phone numbers, email, images, video and other online communications transmitted through U.S. providers. The chief British diplo (Continued on page 25)
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