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self-incrimination if called to testify in Dumarce's trial, she said.
• However, Circuit Judge Brad Zell denied the request for separate trials, The Argus Leader reported (http://argusne.ws/16wTfKd ).
• Zell said there's no guarantee that Green would repeat the story he told to a law enforcement officer. He also said Green would not necessarily lose his right against self-incrimination in a separate trial.
• In addition, an argument of innocence, noninvolvement or minimal involvement is not enough to warrant a separate trial, the judge said.
• The trial is set to begin Nov. 30.
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More than 1,500 attend Indian Education Convention
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- More than 1,500 people from around the nation attended the annual National Indian Education convention and trade show in Rapid City.
• KNBN-TV reports (http://bit.ly/183xOhj ) that one of the association's main goals is to promote greater freedom and educational standards in Native American classrooms.
• Suzanne Whitelance, a co-chair of the local planning committee, says the convention that ended Saturday encompassed a lot of public policy issues such as current curriculum.
• The Rapid City Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates the convention had an economic impact of nearly $1.6 million on the western South Dakota area.
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River otter habitat studied in south-central SD
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The state Game, Fish and Parks Department is conducting an experiment to evaluate river otter habitat in south-central South Dakota by releasing a few otters in the area.
• The river otter is listed by the state as a threatened species.
• Wildlife officials have evaluated habitat and searched for evidence of river otters in many of South Dakota's streams and rivers. But no otters have been detected outside their known range, which is primarily east of the James River.
• The study will trap up to five otters from South Dakota's population, implant each one with a radio transmitter and then release them on state land along the Little White River. The otters will be monitored to determine the success of the release, the habitats they use and the food they eat.
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