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SD Republican activist on trial in robo-call case

• MADISON, S.D. (AP) -- Trial is underway for a Sioux Falls man accused of violating South Dakota election law.
• Thirty-two-year-old Republican activist Daniel Willard is accused of sending robo-calls attacking Republican political leaders before the 2012 election without required disclaimers. The charges are misdemeanors. Willard has pleaded not guilty.
• A jury was seated Monday in Madison and attorneys on both sides were scheduled to give opening statements on Tuesday. The trial is expected to last through the week.

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. WHEN US, PARTNERS MIGHT TAKE MILITARY ACTION

• No strike is expected before Thursday. That's when Britain's Parliament meets to consider a response to Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons.

• 2. WHITE HOUSE PROMISES PROOF
• The release of an intelligence report formally linking Assad to the purported chemical attack could come as early as today.

• 3. FIFTY YEARS AGO, KING DELIVERED 'I HAVE A DREAM' SPEECH
• Obama says in a radio interview that he imagines the civil rights leader "would be amazed in many ways about the progress that we've made."

• 4. FORT HOOD GUNMAN RESTS CASE
• In his last chance to plead for his life, the Army psychiatrist decides not to submit evidence, call witnesses or testify.

• 5. WHY YOSEMITE WILDFIRE GREW SO BIG SO FAST
• The region hasn't seen a significant forest fire since perhaps the 1910s. That's left a century's worth of fuel in the blaze's path.

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