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the best tasting ground beef they've ever eaten, he said.
• Willard said the beef industry is likely headed to a time when more buyers will demand verification of the age and source of cattle, something the Certified Beef program can provide.
• "It's a case of where I think it was an idea that was a little ahead of its time," Willard said.

SD couple sentenced for involuntary manslaughter

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Pine Ridge couple has been sentenced after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of their five-month-old son.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says 25-year-old Whitnee Eagle and 31-year-old Abraham Silas Red Cloud were each sentenced in federal court to nine months custody and three years of supervised release.
• Eagle and Red Cloud were indicted for involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse and neglect last year, but pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in March.
• Johnson says Eagle and Red Cloud had been drinking in June last year when they rolled over onto their son who was sleeping in the same bed with them. The boy suffocated.

Sioux Falls police investigating robbery at Subway

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls police are investigating an armed robbery at a Subway store.
• Authorities say the suspect entered the East 10th Street restaurant after 4:30 p.m. Saturday. He allegedly produced a handgun and demanded money.
• Police say the man got away with an undetermined amount of cash.

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:
• 1. DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE IN LABOR
• Prince William and Kate Middleton are at a London hospital while the world awaits the arrival of an heir third in line to the British throne.

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