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For example, one request for an expense reimbursement included an invoice done by the grant recipient without providing copies of receipts.
• In cases where documents were missing, the GOED in nearly every case has been able to verify that the expense was correct, Costello said.
• The Eide Bailly report also noted that the sale of shirts and hats for the annual pheasant hunt hosted by the governor failed to reconcile the sales with money received. That means someone could take a shirt, hat or money without being discovered, the report said.

SD Committee backs dog use in mountain lion hunts
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota House committee has endorsed a measure that would allow hunters to use dogs to hunt mountain lions outside the Black Hills.
• Current law leaves it up to the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission to decide whether hounds can be used to hunt mountain lions, and the commission only allows dogs at specified times in Custer State Park.
• The Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee voted unanimously to let hunters use dogs while hunting mountain lions outside the Black Hills. Lion hunting is allowed year-round outside the Black Hills.
• The mountain lion season within the Black Hills started Dec. 26 and runs through March 31. It will end earlier than that if 75 total lions or 50 females are killed.

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 EXCLUSIVE: NAVY YARD GUNMAN LIED CONVINCINGLY TO DOCTORS
• Veterans Affairs evaluators concluded Aaron Alexis had no mental health issues, documents obtained by AP show.

• 2. VICTIMS OF BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING HAVE RANGE OF REAC

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