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which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month.
• Lincoln says it will be looking for a "stalking horse" bid for Northern Beef, in which one potential buyer makes an initial offer to set the floor for an auction that invites competitive bids.
• The new hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 22.
• Since processing its first animal in 2012, Northern Beef has struggled to reach anywhere near its production target of 1,500 head per day.
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Sturgis draws police to I-90 in Wyo. and SD
• CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- State troopers from Wyoming and South Dakota have been stepping up patrols on Interstate 90 between Sturgis, S.D. and Sundance in response to the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
• State police agencies in both states say that officers made 24 arrests and issued 49 warnings during a joint enforcement operation on Wednesday. This is the first year South Dakota and Wyoming have joined together for the enforcement effort.
• Thousands of bikers converge on Sturgis for the annual event.
• Capt. Kevin Karley of the South Dakota Highway Patrol says the rally is a busy time for law enforcement every year.
• Capt. Carl Clements of the Wyoming Highway Patrol says the joint operation increased law enforcement coverage and visibility during a high traffic portion of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
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AP News in Brief
For Obama, NSA debate intrudes into both domestic and foreign policy agenda
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- For President Barack Obama, August was supposed to be the month a sweeping immigration bill landed on his desk. There was hope for movement on a grand deficit deal with Republicans, and in the optimistic early days of his second term, even a belief that Obama would have already achieved stricter gun laws.
• Instead, Obama finds his fifth year in office beset by distractions -- perhaps none with broader domestic and foreign policy implications than the revelation of secret government surveillance programs. The matter dominated Obama's hourlong news conference Friday, with the issues the White House had hoped to be promot (Continued on page 24)
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