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• Johnson said South Dakota isn't trying to slam North Dakota. Daugaard and North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple are friends.
• "To the extent that both North Dakota and South Dakota have impressive economic stories to tell right now, it seems to me that the South Dakota economic story is really the better one," Johnson said. "It's the one that's based on factors that are going to be more long-lasting."
• Replied Peterson: "We don't have Mount Rushmore, but we've got a lot of things going for us."
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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. GRIDLOCK EASES ON CAPITOL HILL
• A budget deal is reached that would avert about $63 billion in automatic spending cuts. It's expected to be approved by both houses.
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• 2. WHAT THE VOLCKER RULE AIMS TO PREVENT
• Designed to defuse the kind of extreme risk-taking on Wall Street that helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis, it would affect how big banks do business.
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• 3. UKRAINE POLICE STAND DOWN AFTER PROTEST GROWS
• Anti-government protesters claim victory after a showdown in which authorities scuffled with demonstrators in the capital.
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• 4. NEXT STEPS IN MANDELA FAREWELL
• The casket of the anti-apartheid icon, draped in the multi-colored South African flag, arrives at the seat of power in the country's capital for public viewing.
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• 5. AMERICANS HOLD CONGRESS, OBAMA IN LOW REGARD
• A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of people would like to see their House member replaced, and 58 percent disapprove of the president's performance.
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• 6. WHY OBAMA GREETING CASTRO MATTERS
• Two presidents shaking hands usually isn't noteworthy, but when they are from nations that have been mired in Cold War antagonism for more than five decades, people pay attention.
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