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• "My desire is to see the horse's head finished and I am pleased with the progress being made toward achieving that goal," he said in a statement.
• Work on the carving has been going on since 1948. While Crazy Horse's face had been peering across the southern Black Hills since 1998, crews have been blocking 11 stair-stepped tiers that will soon reach under the horse's nose, 360 feet from the top. Work also is progressing to finishing work on the pointing finger of Crazy Horse's outstretched arm, which sits atop the horse's mane.
• Ziolkowski said once that final tier is blocked out, crews will shift to finishing work.
• "The big thing has always been, you have to be able to get to where you want to work," she said.
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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. AP REVEALS MISSING AMERICAN BACKSTORY
• Robert Levinson, who vanished seven years ago in Iran, was working for the CIA on an unapproved spy mission, an AP investigation finds. It's a secret the U.S. has long sought to keep.
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• 2. KIM JONG UN'S UNCLE PUT TO DEATH
• North Korea's stunning announcement comes just days after Jang Song Thaek -- long considered the country's No. 2 in power -- was charged with corruption and removed from all his posts.
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• 3. EVEN MOST GOP LAWMAKERS BACK BUDGET DEAL IN HOUSE
• Lopsided majorities of Republicans and Democrats alike vote in favor of the legislation, which now goes to the Senate.
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• 4. UN INSPECTORS CONFIRM SYRIA CHEMICAL WEAPONS
• A report from the United Nations says they were probably used in four locations in the country this year, in addition to the confirmed attack near Damascus in August.
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