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from Anthony Bickham in St. Paul, Minn., who jumped around while waiting for the bus Monday.
• "You gotta keep it moving," Bickham said. "Stay warm at ... all costs, you know."
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SD Wind Energy Association names new director
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An association that promotes the development of wind energy in South Dakota has named a new executive director.
• Paul Bachman of Harrisburg took over as executive director of the South Dakota Wind Energy Association last week. He is the former department head and manager of the Sioux Falls office of DGR Engineering.
• Bachman currently serves on a South Dakota legislative task force on wind energy and is a registered professional engineer in eight states.
• Bachman has experience in financial modeling of capital investments, developing marketing plans, and conducting technical and financial feasibility studies for wind projects.
• The South Dakota Wind Energy Association is a voluntary trade organization that supports the development of wind energy in the state.
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USD to open new student union section
• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- An expansion on the University of South Dakota's new student union is ready.
• The Vermillion campus will mark the opening next Monday at the Muenster University Center.
• The 31,000-square-foot addition has more seating with booth and table areas and adds Chick-fil-A, Qdoba and Einstein Bros. Bagels to the food offering.
• It also features 16, 60-inch HDTVs on the south wall of the cafeteria area.
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In one frozen town, cigarettes worth freezing for
JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer
• CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) -- Certain essentials must be taken care of, no matter what. As a record freeze hit this hard-luck town outside Pittsburgh early Tuesday, basic needs came down to football, lottery tickets and cigarettes. Especially cigarettes.
• Dangerously frigid air arrived in Coraopolis, Pa., from the Midwest, borne by a biting wind that pulled smoke horizontally from the factory chimneys along the Ohio River. With Tuesday's school already cancelled and local TV news issuing dire (Continued on page 16)
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