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John Thune: The GOP's Answer to Obama?

Politics Daily | Matt Lewis | Posted 12.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, John Ensign, Huckabee, Twitter, John Thune, Climate Change, #thune2012, Nrsc, Gop, South Dakota, Palin, Romney, Republicans, Politics News

While names like Palin, Romney and Huckabee get most of the attention when it comes to 2012 presidential speculation, a dark horse may be rising out o...

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Big Stone II - Stopping the Unstoppable Coal Fired Power Plant

John DeCock | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Sierra Club, Minnesota, Water, Mercury, Clean-Water-Action, Climate Change, Coal, South Dakota, Coal-Fired Plants, Green News
John DeCock

Change is inevitable, and the time for new coal fired power plants has passed.

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Readers' Photos of Fall Leaves

Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Slidepoll, Leaves, Best-Fall-Foliage-Pics, Autumn, Fall, Green Living, Fall Foilage, Colorado, New York, West Virginia, New Hampshire, Ohio, Utah, Maine, Montreal, Alabama, Nature, Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, South Dakota, Green News

Following our slide show of the best places to go for autumn leaves, readers sent in their favorite photos of fall foliage. From Michigan to New Hamp...

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Health Care and the 'Predator State'

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Predator State, James K. Galbraith, Charles Grassley, Social Security, Health Care, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Health Insurance, South Dakota, John Thune, Barack Obama, Darwinian, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Although Republicans have snapped up James Galbraith's catchy book title, the politicians have misunderstood his message. They need to go back over The Predator State for a second reading.

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Town Gets Rid Of 44 Tons Of Stinking Bison Meat

AP | CARSON WALKER | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Kosher Bison Meat, Bison Meat, Noah's Ark Processors LLC, Dawson Minnesota, Sioux Falls, Bridgewater, Noah's Ark Processors, South Dakota, Rotten Meat, Decomposing Meat, Home News

BRIDGEWATER, S.D. — Behind the freezer doors at a meat plant mysteriously abandoned by its owner, the 44 tons of bison meat managed to hold its ...

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They Could Not Kill the Spirituality of the Lakota

Tim Giago | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Chief Little Wound, Lakota Religion, Native Americans, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indians, South Dakota, World News
Tim Giago

The spirituality of the Lakota nearly died after a summer night in 1939, pushed to a waiting grave by the Christian ministers urging the federal government to end the Sundance and other Lakota rituals.

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Today Is the Day to Cut Up Your Credit Cards

Don McNay | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Household Finance, Main Street and Wall Street, Chartered Financial Consultant, Banking Collapse, Bailouts, Card Balance, Cnbc, Maria Bartiromo, Injured People, Steve Wynn, Lexington KY, Lottery Winners, Second Mortgages, McNay Settlement Group, Trial Lawyers, Son of a Gambler, Big Brother, Consumer Loans, Gretchen Peters, Bookmaking, Furniture Loans, Andrew Kahr, Mgm, Joe Nocera, MGM Mirage, New York, Fox Business News, Las Vegas, Clu, Dave Ramsey, Louisville, Million Dollar Round Table, India, Credit Card, Sports Betting, A Piece of the Action, Lake Tahoe, Small Business, Credit Card Data, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Main Street, Federal Reserve, South Dakota, Bank Products, Christina Binkley, Cincinnati, Betting, Financial Crisis, American College, Personal Finance, Casinos, Msfs, Structured Settlement, Pay Off the Balance, Chfc, Federal Reserve Study of Consumer Finance, Car Loans, Kentucky, Don McNay, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, First Deposit Corporation, Reno, Structured Settlements, Business Books, Cnn, Credit Cards, Subprime Mortgages, Small Town Banks, Vanderbilt University, Bank Bailouts, New York Banks, Eastern Kentucky University, Fox News, New York Times, Harrah's, New York Times Columnists, Cssc, Richmond Ky, Odds Makers, Too Big to Fail, Winner Takes All, Harrahs, Providian, Business News
Don McNay

When three people who know about money go to the extreme of not owning any credit cards, others might want to take note.

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Coffee and Bagels with Senator Tim Johnson

Tim Giago | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black Hills Claims Settlement, South Dakota, Indian Nation, Rapid City, Sneator Tim Johnson, Politics News
Tim Giago

Sen. Johnson is my friend and I'll attest there is no one better, no one more qualified, and definitely no one in the Senate more knowledgeable about the issues facing every Indian Nation in the U.S.

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Small States with Big Power

Mike Lux | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Montana, Nebraska, Iowa Citizen Action Network, Senate Finance Committee, Constitutional Convention, Iowa, Small States, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Community Organizing, South Dakota, Forward Montana, Ruralvotes, Politics News
Mike Lux

Is it fair that the key gang of six negotiating health care in the Senate Finance Committee represent less than 3% of the nation's population?

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Regulators Shut Banks In Calif., Georgia And South Dakota

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 08.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Federal Regulators, South Dakota, Banks, California, Georgia, Bank Regulator, Business News

WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota, boosting to 57 the number of f...

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President Obama -- America Honors Leaders Not Politicians: Stop Global Warming

Daniel Kessler | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama, Greenpeace, Global Warming, South Dakota, G8, Italy, Greenpeace Mount Rushmore, Green News
Daniel Kessler

This morning, three Greenpeace climbers hung a banner on Mt. Rushmore challenging President Obama to show real leadership on global warming.

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Stopping Economic Growth on South Dakota's Indian Nations

Tim Giago | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Casinos, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Indian Reservations, Slot-Machines, South Dakota, Politics News
Tim Giago

Indian casino profits go to economic development, college scholarships, schools, road and building maintenance and improvement, health care, daycare for children and more.

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RANCHER WINS LOTTERY: Struggling South Dakota Man Wins $232M

newsday.com | CHET BROKAW | | Posted 07.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Rancher, South Dakota, Lottery, Home News

A rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of America claimed one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery histo...

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Dear Rick Perry, If You Don't Like This Country, Leave

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secession, Georgia, Oklahoma, Teabagging, South Dakota, Tea Party, Rick Perry, Politics News
Baratunde Thurston

You know what? Leave! Reactionary, white supremacists have been yelling this line to minorities forever: "If you don't like this country, leave." Time to flip the script.

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Five States with Unemployment Rates Under 5%

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming, South Dakota, Unemployment Rate, Iowa, Unemployment, Vlog, Video Blogging, Video Blog, Business News
Neal Rodriguez

Although Iowa has reached its highest unemployment rate in 17 years, its current rate is at 4.9%. Iowa's workforce dropped by 22,000; however, their rates are almost half that of the national average.

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Video: How Anti-Abortion Measures Can Hurt All Pregnant Women

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Colorado, South Dakota, Reproductive Justice, Abortion, Pregnancy, Women's Rights, Video, Fetal Rights, Politics News
Lynn M. Paltrow

2008-10-31-voteno.jpg NAPW has produced a video about the proposed measures in Colorado and South Dakota supporting "fetal rights."

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South Dakota's Bid To Take Over For The SEC And Other Ballot Measures

Wall Street Journal | Dionne Searcey and Easha Anand | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Sec, Naked Shorting, Finance, Economy, South Dakota Naked Shorting Bill, Short Selling Ban, Financial Crisis, Naked Shorting Ban, South Dakota Short Selling Ban, South Dakota, Short Selling, Business News

Perhaps no state has tapped into the current zeitgeist better than South Dakota, which proposes banning a maneuver some federal officials say contribu...

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Tim Giago | Posted 11.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Native Americans, Tim Johnson, Native Americans Unemployment, Unemployment, South Dakota, Unemployment Rate, South Dakota Unemployment, Benjamin Disraeli, Politics News
Tim Giago

The Bureau of Labor Statistics sent out a press release touting South Dakota as having the lowest unemployment rates in the Nation. This statement qualifies as a lie -- a damned lie.

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Polls, African-American Voters, North Dakota, Ronald Reagan, Affirmative Action, George W. Bush, Colorado, Immigration, Michael Dukakis, Arizona, West Virgnia, South Dakota, Mark Penn, Democratic Party, Missouri, Echo Boom, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, Cuban-Americans, New Mexico, Latino Voters, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, Plains, Racism, Mississippi, Republican Party, Northeast, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Latino Issues, Alaska, Florida, John McCain, Karl Rove, Appalachia, Presidential Election, Texas, Baby Boom, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Young Voters, Midwest, Wisconsin, Advertising, Michigan, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, Hispanic Voters, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Southern Issues, Dnc, Libertarian Party, Indiana, White Voters, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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South Dakota Abortion Ruling Forces Doctors To Read Script About "Unique Living Human Being"

Washington Post | Peter Slevin | Posted 07.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Abortion Script, Abortion Script South Dakota, South Dakota Abortion Ruling, South Dakota Doctors Abortion, South Dakota, Living News

In a victory for antiabortion forces, doctors in South Dakota are now required to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will terminate ...

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Story is Everything

Lisa Dale Norton | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Puerto Rico, Story, Party Politics, Narrative, Spin, Hillary Clinton, Storytelling, Republicans, South Dakota, Democrats, Power of Story, Barack Obama, Culture, Politics News
Lisa Dale Norton

Hillary Clinton is shifting the paradigm and the narrative. Because the story is everything in the culture of politics, these are important shifts to ...

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Montana, South Dakota Primaries: Exit Polls

Huffington Post | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Montana, South Dakota Polls, South Dakota, Montana Polls, Montana and South Dakota, Politics News

SOUTH DAKOTA Polls close at 9 pm ET. Most of South Dakota is in central time, where the polls close at 8 pm ET. The West River precincts are in moun...

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What A Long, Strange Primary Trip It's Been

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Caucus, Puerto Rico, Democratic, Primary Schedule, Campaign, Delegate, South Dakota, Comeback Kid, African-American, Picks, Pledged Delegates, Primaries, Montana, Mike Huckabee, 2008, Pick, Superdelegates, John Edwards, Super Tuesday, 2008 Campaign, Black, Delegates, John McCain, Primary, Mitt Romney, Democrat, 2008 Elections, 08, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Contest, 08 Campaign, Vote, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Rather than a Vince Lombardi halftime pep talk about giving 110% in the second half, I'd like to review where we've been so far. This will be my final "picks" article for 2008.

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Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket

Tim Giago | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Primary, Indian Voting, Voting Rights, Superdelegates, Native Americans, Mccain Indian Vote, Hillary Clinton, Government and Native Americans, South Dakota, Voting, Politics News
Tim Giago

Tribal leaders need all of the friends they can muster in the House and the Senate, and in endorsing presidential candidates, they risk alienating important senators.

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A Feel-Good Moment: Ed Rollins Hears "Death Knell" For GOP

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Schadenfreude, Puerto Rico, Gop, Face the Nation, West Virginia, Oregon, Democratic, Primary Schedule, Campaign, South Dakota, Appeasement, Republican, Bush, Picks, Primaries, Montana, 2008, Pick, 2008 Campaign, Bob Schieffer, Mississippi, Death Knell, John McCain, Primary, Charles Crist, Democrat, Kentucky, 2008 Elections, 08, Ed Rollins, Knesset, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Contest, 08 Campaign, Third Term, 2008 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Rollins, Politics News
Chris Weigant

John McCain "can't win" if he's seen as "the Bush third term" -- this, from a Republican?

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