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NBC's Tom Brokaw diagnosed with cancer
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- NBC News says veteran newsman Tom Brokaw has cancer.
• The network says Brokaw was diagnosed in August with multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting blood cells in the bone marrow. Doctors are optimistic about his treatment.
• In a statement released by NBC, Brokaw says he remains the luckiest guy he knows, and he looks forward to continuing his life and his work. He says he wants to keep his illness a private matter.
• A native of Yankton, S.D., Brokaw turned 72 on Feb. 6. He graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1964.
• The onetime national news anchor is a special NBC News correspondent, and NBC says he has continued to work on projects during his treatment.
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• Jury: South Dakota man guilty of threatening judge
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A jury has found a northeast South Dakota man guilty of threatening a judge over documents he attempted to file in a foreclosure matter.
• The Brown County jury on Tuesday returned the verdict against 77-year-old Eugene Paulson.
• The Rosholt man could face up to seven years in prison and $14,000 in fines.
• Paulson's attorney information could not be found. He was charged with felony counts of threatening or intimidating a judicial officer and offering a false or forged document for filing.
• He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of uttering a simulated process.
• The charges stem from alleged threats made and documents that Paulson attempted to file during a foreclosure proceeding.
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Bosworth raises $315K in 4Q but debt exceeds cash
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Republican Senate candidate and political newcomer Dr. Annette Bosworth had nearly $250,000 in her campaign coffers at the end of the year, but owed $255,000 to various vendors and consultants, mostly for a direct mail campaign to draw out-of-state contributions, according to Federal Election Commission documents posted on Tuesday.
• Bosworth, 42, took in about $315,000 during the final three months of the year, outpacing the lone Democratic candidate and all but one of the four Republicans (Continued on page 23)
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