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• Sen. Blake Curd, R-Sioux Falls, said the proposed study is flawed because it would compare Common Core standards with prior standards that did not lead to adequate student achievement. If the study finds Common Core standards should be scrapped, the state would have nothing to replace them, he said.
• But Sen. Bruce Rampelberg, R-Rapid City, said standards need to be studied. Even though South Dakota students score slightly above the national average on college entrance tests, those scores have remained about the same for a decade, he said.
• Lawmakers also will consider bills that would require additional hearings by the state Board of Education before Common Core standards in other subjects could be adopted and limit the distribution of information about individual students.
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US Supreme Court rejects Rhines appeal
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Charles Russell Rhines' appeal of his first degree murder conviction and capital sentence.
• Rhines has been on death row for two decades for the slaying of a man during the 1992 burglary of a Rapid City doughnut shop.
• Rhines was convicted in the stabbing death of 22-year-old Donnivan Schaeffer during the burglary.
• Rhines' conviction and death sentence was affirmed by the South Dakota Supreme Court in 1996 but he has pursued appeals in state and federal courts.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. SYRIA PEACE TALKS GETTING STARTED IN SWITZERLAND
• The world's most powerful diplomats will push for an end to the brutal conflict, but Assad has little reason to offer big concessions.
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• 2. AS IF SNOW, COLD AND CANCELLATIONS AREN'T ENOUGH
• The blast of winter weather is sapping fuel supplies in many regions in the U.S. (Continued on page 22)
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