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Hearing set to revoke bond paid by Patterson's dad
• CANTON, S.D. (AP) -- A man charged with killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in South Dakota last fall could have his $750,000 bond revoked at a hearing next month.
• Twenty-eight-year-old Joseph Patterson is facing second-degree murder, manslaughter and aggravated assault charges in the death of two-year-old Tyrese Robert Ruffin.
• He was arrested early Wednesday on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, interference with emergency communication and injury to property, following accusations that he assaulted the boy's mother this week.
• State's Attorney Tom Wollman is pushing for Patterson to forfeit the $750,000 cash bond his father paid last year.
• Patterson appeared via video Thursday morning for the bond hearing. The Argus Leader reports that his attorney requested arguments to be heard next month. The hearing will resume on July 10.
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Planes flying with fewer passengers out of Pierre
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Great Lakes Airlines is flying with a smaller number of passengers on flights in and out of South Dakota's capital city to try to reduce flight disruptions that have plagued Pierre in recent months.
• Pierre Airport Manager Mike Isaacs says Great Lakes flights to Denver and Minneapolis are still on the same 19-passenger aircraft but are only carrying up to nine passengers per flight.
• Delayed and canceled flights have been a problem in Pierre since late last year. Great Lakes officials have said the reason is new federal rules requiring more flying hours for pilots of the 19-passenger planes.
• Isaacs says the reduction is temporary. He says the reliability of flights is more important now than the number of available seats.
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Oil boom fuels drop in age in Great Plains states
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Want to reduce the effects of aging? Try oil.
• The United States' population is still getting older, but that's changing in the Great Plains because of the attraction of working in the booming oil and gas industries.
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