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• The wounded woman is expected to survive her injuries. Her name hasn't been released.

Student accused of hacking computer school system

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Police say a 17-year-old student hacked the computer system of Sioux Falls Catholic schools.
• Sam Clemens with the Sioux Falls Police Department says the student is in custody and has been charged with felony intentional damage to property.
• Officials with the Catholic schools have said that phone, email and Internet services were shut down Thursday at the O'Gorman junior and senior high schools and at the six Catholic elementary schools in Sioux Falls.
• Clemens says the school had to pay about $1,000 to get the system restored.

Free admission and fishing May 17-19 at SD parks

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- It's a sure sign that summer's getting close -- free admission to South Dakota parks and fishing areas.
• The Department of Game, Fish and Parks says its annual open house is next weekend, May 17-19.
• Anglers can fish without a license anywhere in the state, and entrance fees are waived for all visitors to South Dakota's state parks and recreation areas. Camping fees and fishing regulations and limits still apply.

South Dakota agency: withhold Benda death records

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley was correct in withholding investigative records into the death of a former state economic development director, a state administrative board has ruled.
• Richard Benda was found dead in October in a grove of trees near Lake Andes with a fatal shotgun wound. His death was ruled a suicide.
• Jackley in November released the forensic pathologist's findings and a summary of his office's investigation.
• He agreed to allow Aberdeen American News reporter Bob Mercer, whose work appears in several other South Dakota newspapers, and one other journalist to review a partially redacted version of the file, but only if a member of Benda's immediate family granted written permission. None of Benda's immediate family members gave permission.
• Mercer appealed Jackley's decision to the Office of Hearing Examiners, which

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