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Republican convention opens in Rapid City
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Republican Party says it expects record attendance at its state convention that opened Thursday in Rapid City.
• More than 400 delegates are certified to vote and 150 guests are also attending.
• The party says GOP leaders taking part in the convention include U.S. Sen. John Thune, U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, all the state's constitutional officers and delegates from 43 counties.
• Most candidates already have been chosen, but Pierre's Pat Miller and Shantel Krebs of Sioux Falls are competing for the Secretary of State nomination.
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Indictment filed against SD US Senate candidate
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says a Hughes County grand jury has filed an indictment accusing defeated U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth of violating election laws.
• Jackley says the indictment Tuesday comes after he filed charges earlier this month accusing Bosworth of six counts of perjury and six counts of filing false documents related to election campaign laws.
• Bosworth was arrested on June 4 and charged with multiple counts of perjury and filing false election documents. The 42-year-old Bosworth turned herself in to the Minnehaha County Jail and was released.
• Authorities say she fraudulently attested to gathering voter signatures when she was really on a Christian mission trip to the Philippines.
• Bosworth lost the Republican primary with just 6 percent of the vote.
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Rivals of Iraq prime minister, embattled by sweeping militant offensive, seek to force him out
• BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's Shiite prime minister, embattled by the militant offensive sweeping his country's north, faces a growing campaign to force him out of office as insurgents press on with their campaign.
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