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North Dakota Gov.Jack Dalrymple, right, listens to a presentation about the management of the Missouri River on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, during a meeting with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials in the National Energy Center of Excellence on the campus of Bismarck State College in...

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North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple, right, points to a spot along the Missouri River through a bank of windows on the third floor of the Bismarck State College National Energy Center of Excellence in Bismarck, N.D. , on Wednesday, May 23, 2012, as South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, left,...

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Former U.S. Sen. James Abdnor is shown in an undated photo provided by Vance Goldammer. Abdnor, the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from the Senate, has died. His family said in a statement that Abdnor died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at the age of 89. He had been in...

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Ceremonies for the dedication for the FBI's new $61 million facility were held Tuesday, May 1, 2012 in Brooklyn Center, Minn. The building, shown May 1, 2012, was dedicated to two FBI agents killed in the line of duty while searching for a man on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in...

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Cheryl Buswell-Robinson, widow of civil rights activist Ray Robinson who disappeared from Wounded Knee in 1973, stands outside her Sioux Falls, S.D. , hotel after arriving for a weekend conference commemorating 40 years since the takeover of the South Dakota reservation village,...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 01:45 PM EDT shows dense cloud cover over the Central U.S. as a strong Pacific low pressure system lifts through eastern Nebraska and South Dakota this afternoon. Energy from this system combined with deep moisture rotating...

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The beef product known as pink slime or lean finely textured beef is frozen on a large drum during a tour of the Beef Products Inc.'s plant in South Sioux City, Nebraska March 29, 2012. The governors of Iowa, Texas and Kansas and lieutenant governors of Nebraska and South Dakota toured...

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Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy eats a hamburger which contains the beef product known as pink slime or lean finely textured beef following a news conference in South Sioux City, Neb. , Thursday, March 29, 2012. Earlier, the governors of Iowa, Texas and Kansas and lieutenant governors of...

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South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels, center, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, right, Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy, second left, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left, wear protective gear during a tour Thursday, March 29, 2012, of the Beef Products Inc.'s plant in South Sioux City, Neb. , where the...

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, asks a question with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, right, and Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy, second right, during a tour Thursday, March 29, 2012, of the Beef Products Inc.'s plant in South Sioux City, Neb. , where the beef product known as pink slime or lean...

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Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, center, followed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels, walk past a conveyor carrying the cuts of beef destined to become the beef product known as pink slime or lean finely textured beef, during a tour Thursday, March 29, 2012, of the...

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A worker removes a bone from meat on a conveyor belt at the pink slime or lean finely textured beef production line at the Beef Products Inc. plant, Thursday, March 29, 2012. The governors of Iowa, Texas and Kansas and lieutenant governors of Nebraska and South Dakota toured the plant...

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The beef product known as pink slime or lean finely textured beef is frozen on large drums as part of the manufacturing process at the Beef Products Inc. plant Thursday, March 29, 2012. The governors of Iowa, Texas and Kansas and lieutenant governors of Nebraska and South Dakota toured...

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Craig Letch, director of food quality and assurance for Beef Products Inc. (BPI), left, leads a tour of governors from left: Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels, Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy and Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Thursday, March...

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The beef product known as pink slime or lean finely textured beef is displayed on a tray during a tour Thursday, March 29, 2012, of the Beef Products Inc.'s plant in South Sioux City, Neb. , where the product is made. The governors of Iowa, Texas and Kansas and lieutenant governors of...

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, left, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, right, examine a package of the beef product known as pink slime or lean finely textured beef during a tour Thursday, March 29, 2012, of the Beef Products Inc.'s plant in South Sioux City, Neb....

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Craig Letch, director of food quality and assurance for Beef Products Inc. (BPI), left, introduces the beef product known as pink slime or lean finely textured beef, and the cuts from which it is made to from left: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Iowa Gov. Terry...

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This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, March 19, 2012 at 10:45 AM EDT shows dense cloud cover over much of the Plains as active weather ramps up across the region. Energy from a cold front extending through the Plains meets with ample moisture spreading across the region from the Gulf...

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Attorney Andrew Damgaard, representing artist Peggy Detmers, argues before the South Dakota Supreme Court during an appeal of a breach of contract lawsuit against actor Kevin Costner, Monday, March 19, 2012, in Vermillion, S.D.

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In this March 2012 photo provided by SolTribe, Mike Uncapher, right, trains a group of participants in the Lakota Logging Project by teaching safety precautions and techniques involved in cutting down pine beetle-infested trees at Custer State Park in South Dakota. The pine beetle...

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This March, 2012 photo provided by SolTribe shows Joe Shark, 29, a resident of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, cuts a tree infested with mountain pine beetles in South Dakota's Custer State Park as part of the Lakota Logging Project. The pine beetle epidemic has grown so large that...

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This undated photo provided by the South Dakota Art Museum shows tribal game pieces and artwork by Yanktonai Indian artist Oscar Howe. The Brookings, S.D. , museum is hosting an exhibit, "Oscar Howe and Native American American Games," through May 20, that examines games played by...

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South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard waits for the start of the opening session of the National Governors Association winter meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012.

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This Feb. 20, 2012 photo shows a truck hauling trees from the Black Hills in South Dakota to a saw mill. Several trees are blue stained, a sign of a fungus introduced into the tree by the mountain pine beetle. The infiltration of the bug has left countless trees dead and tribal farmers...

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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2012, file photo Carl Ericsson is escorted into court in Madison, S.D. The 73-year-old South Dakota man accused of fatally shooting his long-ago classmate will plead guilty but mentally ill to a second-degree murder charge, his attorney said Tuesday, May 1, 2012.