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Johnson's safety was disregarded.
• KELO-TV reports Piersol in his opinion wrote that the lawsuit's wrongful death claim and emotional distress claim can be pursued in state court.
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• ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says New Yorkers charged illegally high interest rates by three Internet lenders his office sued last year can file refund claims.
• The lawsuit claimed Western Sky Financial LLC, CashCall Inc. and WS Funding LLC and their owners charged annual interest rates for personal loans at rates ranging from 89 percent to more than 355 percent.
• New York law sets the maximum rate at 16 percent. The companies are in South Dakota and California.
• According to the attorney general's office, about 11,000 loans for more than $20 million could be refunded under the agreement signed Jan. 31.
• Many borrowers have already received loan modifications and the companies paid $1.5 million in penalties.
• The companies' attorney didn't immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
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• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- The president of Mount Marty College has resigned less than three years after being hired to lead the Catholic liberal arts institution in Yankton.
• Joseph Benoit, the college's 10th president, said he has enjoyed heading the school but that he misses teaching and research.
• "I am looking forward to resuming my scientific career and being directly engaged in the education and training of future scientists," Benoit said in a statement late Monday. He did not elaborate on his plans aside from saying he would pursue opportunities in biomedical science.
• Benoit was hired in July 2011. He came from the University of North Dakota, where he had served as dean of the graduate school and professor in the department of pharmacology, physiology and therapeutics for a decade. Previously he had served as director of graduate studies and as a professor at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine.

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