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two teenage girls stranded, upside down.
• He said the state regulates the food and bingo games at fairs and should regulate the rides as well.
• "Sometimes those rides are rusty, rickety," Hickey said. "We do have a due diligence at the state to ensure that these rides are in good working order."
• The International Association of Parks and Attractions, a trade group of which Novstrup is a member, consulted on the bill, he said.
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• DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The regulator of nationally chartered banks says community national banks and federal savings associations in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota have recovered from the effects of the financial crisis and economic downturn.
• The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency says in a statement released Tuesday the vast majority of the 87 institutions it supervises in the three states have received the agency's highest ratings.
• Bank composite ratings run on a scale of 1-to-5 with 1 being the healthiest.
• Kay Kowitt, District Deputy Comptroller for the region says 97 percent of national banks and federal savings associations in the three states earned a composite rating of 1 or 2 in 2013. In 2011 just 82 percent received those ratings.
• She says bank earnings have improved and capital levels are satisfactory.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Board of Regents has named a new system vice president for academic affairs.
• The board on Tuesday announced Paul Turman will lead the system's academic programs and planning efforts.
• Turman will succeed Sam Gingerich, who will retire later this year. Turman joined the regents' staff in 2006. His work includes academic assessment, research and economic development strategies.
• Before working for the Board of Regents, Turman was an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Northern Iowa. He holds a doctorate degree in communications studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a native of Fort Pierre.
• The board sets policies for the programs and services offered at South Dakota's

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