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defendant has a severe mental disorder. The resolution applied to a disorder or disability that significantly impairs someone's ability to understand what they are doing is wrong. • Friends and family of Schein said the death sentence was justice. • Marge Anderson, Schein's friend, said the jury's decision should make the public feel safer. She also said she hopes people will remember Schein for the woman she was -- not as a woman who was brutally murdered. • "She was a contributor to society, she had so many friends, she was a role model to her family, she was just a great gal and I hope everybody will remember her that way," Anderson said. •
Minot State looks for new coach after Hoffner exit
• MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- Minot State says the school is disappointed that football coach Todd Hoffner is returning to his old job in Minnesota. • Hoffner said Tuesday he will return to his coaching job at Minnesota State, Mankato after an arbitrator ruled he was wrongfully terminated. • Hoffner was hired in January as head coach at Minot State, and says he will be "forever grateful" to the North Dakota school. • Minot State athletic director Rick Hedberg said in a statement that the school wished Hoffner the best and hoped there was closure for him and his family. Hedberg says the school will move forward quickly to find a replacement. • Minnesota State fired Hoffner last May after he had been accused -- then cleared -- of having pornographic images of his children on a work-issued cellphone. •
FEC report: Pressler raised less than $10K
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Tuesday marks the deadline for South Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates to file their quarterly campaign reports with the Federal Election Commission. • So far, just one of the seven candidates has shared his totals with The Associated Press. • The FEC report for former U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler shows the independent candidate took in $9,580 from individual contributors during the first three months of 2014. He also loaned himself nearly $30,000. • Campaign expenses were $27,860 during the quarter, and Pressler's account (Continued on page 20)
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