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• The fund was established by the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association and the South Dakota Sheep Growers Association. It is being managed by the Black Hills Area Community Foundation.
• More than 500 ranchers applied for aid by the Dec. 31 deadline. Christen told KOTA-TV that more than $800,000 has been distributed so far.
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USD's Starr to play in East-West Shrine Game
• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- University of South Dakota standout linebacker Tyler Starr has accepted an invitation to play in the 89th East-West Shrine Game.
• The game Jan. 18 in St. Petersburg, Fla., will feature some of college football's best players. All 32 NFL teams will have general managers, coaches or scouts there during game week.
• The longest-running college all-star game also benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children.
• Starr is from Little Rock, Iowa. He was the defensive player of the year last season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. He holds the USD career records for sacks with 27 and forced fumbles with 13.
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AP News in Brief
New documents show chief official believed NJ lane closings 'abusive' and violated federal law
• TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The September lane closings near the George Washington Bridge that caused huge traffic jams and now appear to have been politically orchestrated by a member of Gov. Chris Christie's administration and key allies violated federal law, a chief official said in an email ordering the lanes reopened.
• The Sept. 13 email was among thousands of pages released Friday by a New Jersey legislative committee investigating the scandal, which could haunt Christie's expected run for president in 2016. The documents mostly involve the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that runs the bridge.
• The documents show the traffic mess created tension between New York and New Jersey appointees at the Port Authority, with the New York side angrily countermanding the lane closings after repeated questions from the media over the closings went unanswered.
• "I believe this hasty and ill-advised decision violates federal law," Patrick Foye, authority executive director, said in the email. An appointee of New York Gov. An (Continued on page 25)
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