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Amber Alert canceled for 2 SD children; found safe
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say two South Dakota children reported missing have been found safe at an apartment complex near where they were abducted from their mother's home.
• Rapid City police say they have arrested 27-year-old Skye Burnham-Endicott who they accuse of taking the children.
• An Amber Alert was issued Thursday morning for 1-year-old Tayloni Skye Burnham-Endicott and 1-month-old Layla Marie Tuttle.
• Police say they found Burnham-Endicott and the children in an apartment that belonged to an acquaintance of the suspect.
• Police allege Burnham-Endicott took the children after he assaulted their mother at her Rapid City home late Wednesday. Authorities say Burnham-Endicott does not have custody rights to the children.
• The Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/1iSVAnl) reports the children were returned to their mother.
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SD panel votes for openness of high school group
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill Thursday requiring more transparency from the association that oversees high school sports and other activities.
• The committee voted unanimously for a provision that would subject the High School Activities Association to the state's open government laws. It would require the group to open its meetings and records to the public and report regularly to the Legislature's Government Operations and Audit Committee.
• Supporters say the bill would provide information to a public that's been frustrated by a lack of access to the organization.
• "The High School Activities Association is an association that touches a lot of communities," said David Bordewyk, of the South Dakota Newspaper Association.
• He said the association affects people in urban and rural parts of the state, including public and private schools.
• "While the bill may not be convenient," Bordewyk said, "open government brings clarity and accountability and confidence to the public."
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