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Slain Sioux Falls man's girlfriend in court
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The girlfriend of a Sioux Falls man killed in December has made her first court appearance on drug charges.
• Twenty-year-old Faith Rasmussen dated 20-year-old Jordan LeBeau, who was shot and killed during a botched drug robbery.
• She pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs Oxycontin and Xanax.
• Court documents say Rasmussen received large shipments of pot from Texas and recruited LeBeau and other people to sell for her in the Sioux Falls area.
• Drugs and more than $88,000 was found in his Sioux Falls home after the shooting that also wounded his father.
• Watertown High School students 17-year-old Trevor Kruthoff and 18-year-old Brian David Anderson are accused of killing LeBeau.
• Several others are also charged in the case.
• Neither Rasmussen nor her lawyer commented Wednesday.
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Heitkamp says time is now for decision on Keystone
HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Heidi Heitkamp said Wednesday that the Obama administration should make a decision soon on the Keystone XL oil pipeline and that the decision should be to go ahead with the project.
• "The time has come to make a decision," she said. "And hopefully the right decision, which is to approve the crossing."
• The North Dakota Democrat's comments came after a meeting Wednesday with John Baird, Canada's foreign minister, and Gary Doer, the Canadian ambassador to the U.S.
• The Canadian officials and Heitkamp agreed that the Keystone pipeline would be of great benefit to the U.S. and Canada.
• The pipeline would transport oil from Canada's oil sands and the Bakken Shale in North Dakota to refineries in the Houston area. Environmental groups have seized on the proposed Canada-to-Texas pipeline as a major contributor to global warming. They also worry about spills of tar sands oil, which is heavier than conventional oil. Backers say the project would create jobs and boost North American energy independence.
• The project is under review at the U.S. State Department.
• But Baird said there had been enough analysis.
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