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nation of $348,000, announced last year.
• "A central aspect of ensuring the health of rural Americans is protecting their livelihoods when illness or injuries strike. And while there is a strong and wonderful tradition of support among farmers when a neighbor is in need, sometimes the burden is too large for the surrounding community to bear," trustee Walter Panzirer said in a statement to The Associated Press. "That's why Farm Rescue -- which truly is the only organization of its kind in the United States -- is such a vitally important service for farmers and their families across the upper Midwest."
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SD joins challenge to federal health care law
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota has joined 20 states in a challenge to the federal health care law.
• Attorney General Marty Jackley says the challenge filed in the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals asserts that the Affordable Care Act violates the U.S. Constitution's Origination Clause, which requires that all tax bills originate in the House of Representatives.
• The U.S. Supreme Court has previously upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. But Jackley and others think the decision opens the door to additional scrutiny.
• Jackley says it is not costing the state to join in the lawsuit.
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AP News in Brief
After landslide win, India's next prime minister begins victory lap, looks to challenges ahead
• NEW DELHI (AP) -- Thousands of cheering supporters welcomed India's next prime minister on his arrival in the capital Saturday after leading his party to a staggering victory in national elections.
• Standing on the footboard of his SUV, Narendra Modi flashed a victory sign as he drove past jubilant supporters outside the New Delhi airport, heading toward the headquarters of his Bharatiya Janata Party to discuss the formation of a new government.
• A new government is likely to be in place by next week, but no date has so far been set, said BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar.
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