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the operation of family-owned businesses.
• He says South Dakota has challenged the law as infringing upon individual and state rights.
• Jackley says the Supreme Court did not authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to implement the mandate so it infringes upon people's Freedom of Religion.
• He says joining the case won't cost the state anything.
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Johnson, USDA official to take input on blizzard
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Sen. Tim Johnson and an official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture will hear from ranchers who lost livestock in the early fall blizzard.
• Johnson and Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services Michael Scuse will be at the South Dakota Stockgrowers Office in Rapid City at 2 p.m. Mountain time Tuesday.
• Also taking part will be Craig Schaunamann with the South Dakota Farm Services Agency, Jeff Zimprich with the Natural Resources and Conservation Service, South Dakota Agriculture Secretary Lucas Lentsch and Elsie Meeks with USDA Rural Development.
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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. MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER CALLED A HERO
• Students at Sparks Middle School in Nevada were filing off buses and meeting friends on the playground when a classmate fatally shot Michael Landsberry, 45, before turning the gun on himself.
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• 2. SAN FRANCISCO TRAINS RUNNING AGAIN
• A tentative agreement is reached on a new contract between the Bay Area's main commuter rail system and its unions, ending a crippling four-day strike.
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• 3. WHERE FUKUSHIMA KIDS ARE GOING
• A Chernobyl doctor-turned-mayor offers his Japanese town to get children out of (Continued on page 25)
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