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ing 12th overall.
• The marathon started a decade ago with more than 2,300 runners and has since grown considerably.

Former CASA head sentenced for embezzlement

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The former executive director of the Court Appointed Special Advocates program in Rapid City has been sentenced to probation and jail time for embezzlement.
• Thirty-three-year-old Chad Catron was sentenced to five years of probation and 180 days in jail Friday. Circuit Judge Thomas Trimble suspended 90 days of the jail sentence and also fined him $2,500.
• Catron pleaded guilty to aggravated grand theft in March. He has made full restitution of the $9,425 he embezzled from the local and state CASA programs. He took the money over an 18-month period before resigning in July 2013. CASA is a nonprofit organization that advocates for neglected and abused children.
• Because of his clean background, Catron's felony record will be sealed if he successfully completes probation.

Juvenile that hacked Catholic school system caught

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls Catholic Schools says a computer hacker who temporarily shut down phone, email and Internet services has been apprehended.
• Internet and email were down all day Thursday at the O'Gorman junior and senior high schools and at the six Catholic elementary schools in Sioux Falls. All systems were running again Friday.
• Superintendent Tom Lorang wouldn't tell the Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/Rymxnj) Friday night whether the hacker is a student or say how officials were able to identify the individual.
• Sioux Falls Police say the situation involves a juvenile and couldn't confirm whether someone had been arrested.




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