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• CSX spokesman Gary Sease said the company is providing the information now and asking that the confidentiality agreements be returned with 30 days.
• "If the states do not provide those signed confidentiality agreements, we will not be able to provide subsequent updated information," Sease said. The agreements are necessary "for security reasons and for competitive reasons," he said.
• Union Pacific also was providing the information to at least some states, but officials from several states said BNSF so far has not.
• A BNSF spokeswoman said the railroad company will turn over information to states and will trust them to treat the data as confidential and provide it only to those with a "need to know" and with the understanding that those who receive it will continue to treat it as confidential.
• "It is important to remember that the intent of the Emergency Order is to ensure first responders have access to necessary information so they can prepare their response plans," BNSF's Roxanne Butler said in a statement.
• Louisiana, New Jersey and California officials said they do not intend to release the information they receive to the public. Louisiana State Police Capt. Doug Cain said there would be security concerns associated with releasing the routes, although the state plans to make sure local officials have the information.

Sioux Falls woman accused of raping young boys

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities say a 30-year-old Sioux Falls woman has been charged with rape and other counts after she was found naked with three boys.
• A judge in Minnehaha County on Thursday Anne Doubler's cash-only bond at $50,000.
• Authorities say Doubler's live-in boyfriend walked in on her Wednesday night when she was naked with three boys between the ages of 7 and 10.
• Police say the boys were not related to Doubler. Authorities are investigating whether there might be more boys involved, including one as young as 5.
• Doubler has been charged with three counts each of first-degree rape, sexual contact with a child younger than 16 and sexual exploitation of a minor.

AG Holder: Pledges to tribes to being kept
JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press

• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The nation's top law enforcement official said Thurs

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