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vantage to seven. In the second, the Pioneers took the lead with Olson hitting four 3-pointers.
• Travis Thompson led the Seawolves with a game-high 20 points and three assists.
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S. Dakota man pleads not guilty to murder charge
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say a Porcupine man accused of a fatal stabbing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says 27-year-old Lawrence Red Shirt appeared in court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty.
• Authorities say Red Shirt is accused of killing another man by stabbing him multiple times on Nov. 8, 2013. The name of the victim was not released.
• A trial has been slated for Feb. 4, 2014.
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ND senator's bill aims to corral sex trafficking
DAVE KOLPACK, Associated Press
• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has introduced legislation meant to crack down on sex trafficking, which experts fear is on the rise in her home state of North Dakota due to the large influx of men coming to work in the state's western oil patch.
• Heitkamp, a Democrat, introduced the bill this week on the same day that federal prosecutors in North Dakota unsealed charges against 11 Dickinson-area men who were arrested in a child prostitution sting. The men thought they were buying sex with teenage girls, prosecutors allege.
• "Just looking at the recent arrests would tell you that North Dakota could be ground zero for this type of behavior," Heitkamp told The Associated Press on Friday.
• It's a trend that has alarmed federal prosecutors in North and South Dakota. A man on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota was recently sentenced to 45 years in prison for coercing women into prostitution in oilfield communities. Two men in South Dakota have received life sentences for human trafficking cases in Sioux Falls.
• "With the increase in population, there's the risk of organized crime," said Timothy Purdon, the U.S. attorney from North Dakota. "We're certainly very aware of the threat potentially posed by human trafficking in the oil patch."
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