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campaign on hold to support former state Rep. Stace Nelson in the Republican primary and would drop out if Nelson won. Nelson captured nearly 18 percent of the vote to Rounds' 55 percent.
• Howie said he's offering a choice for the 45 percent of Republicans who did not vote for Rounds to back a campaign based on conservative principles including faith and freedom, reigning in spending and cutting taxes.
• "We're going to try to provide an alternative to the three moderates who are in the race," Howie said.
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AP News in Brief
Bergdahl tells officials he was tortured and caged after he tried to flee his Taliban captors
• PARIS (AP) -- Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has told people treating him at a U.S. military medical facility in Germany that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape, a senior U.S. official said Sunday.
• The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss what Bergdahl has revealed about the conditions of his captivity.
• The official said it was difficult to verify the accounts Bergdahl has given since his release a week ago.
• Bergdahl, now 28, was captured in June 2009 after he disappeared from his infantry unit. He was held for nearly five years by Taliban militants.
• The New York Times reported Sunday that military doctors at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center say that while Bergdahl is physically able to travel he's not yet emotionally prepared to be reunited with his family. He has not yet spoken to his family.
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Bergdahl tells officials he was tortured and caged after he tried to flee his Taliban captors
• PARIS (AP) -- A senior U.S. official says Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (boh BURG'-dahl) tells military officials that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape.
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