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		<title>Oil near $64 with more companies reporting earnings; outlook for energy demand unclear</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices wavered near $64 a barrel Monday as encouraging quarterly reports from several companies were offset by what could be an extended period of weak demand for energy.

Benchmark crude for August delivery rose 42 cents to settle at $63.98 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The Energy Information Administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil prices dip even with companies reporting healthier profits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices fell Monday even as encouraging quarterly company earnings reports and word that CIT Group Inc. bondholders would keep the commercial lender out of bankruptcy raised hopes about an economic recovery.

Benchmark crude for August delivery fell 16 cents to $63.40 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Friday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil prices hover around $64 on strong corporate results</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices hovererd around $64 a barrel Monday as encouraging quarterly company earnings reports and word that CIT Group Inc. bondholders would keep the commercial lender out of bankruptcy raised hopes about an economic recovery.

Benchmark crude for August delivery climbed 7 cents to $63.63 a barrel on the New York Mercantile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil slips further to settle below $60 as demand concerns linger</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices settled under $60 a barrel again Tuesday, with investors still wary about the economy despite as better-than-expected economic and earnings data.

Benchmark crude for August delivery fell 17 cents to settle at $59.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Doubts about the strength of the economy have left crude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil slips further below $60 despite encouraging economic and earnings data</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices slipped further below $60 a barrel Tuesday, as better-than-expected economic and earnings data struggled to support the market&#8217;s early gains.

Benchmark crude for August delivery fell 24 cents to $59.45 a barrel in afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Doubts about the strength of the economy have left crude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil dips below $60, early stock market optimism levels off</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices dropped under $60 a barrel Tuesday, as the stock market pulled back from early enthusiasm about better-than-expected earnings for Goldman Sachs.

Benchmark crude for August delivery fell 41 cents to $59.28 a barrel in afternoon trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Major stock index averages were little changed from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil holding around $60 on strong US retail, wholesale price reports</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-holding-around-60-on-strong-us-retail-wholesale-price-reports-109103/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices stayed around $60 a barrel Tuesday, as better-than-expected U.S. retail and wholesale price news out helped support early gains.

Benchmark crude for August delivery rose 31 cents to $60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Monday, the contract fell 20 cents to settle at $59.69.
Doubts about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Rushmore may change security procedures after Greenpeace demonstration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Ortman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Officials at Mount Rushmore may change their security measures after environmentalists were able to hang a banner warning about global warming from atop the national monument, a spokesman said.

The activists intentionally damaged part of the memorial&#8217;s security system and were able to delay rangers&#8217; response to the demonstration Wednesday, said Nav [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers hope tiny parasite can help protect Midwestern soybeans from destructive insects</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Ortman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An insect no bigger than a comma is being studied as a natural predator that farmers could use instead of chemicals to protect the nation&#8217;s soybean crop from aphids.

The question for university researchers across the Midwest is whether the tiny Asian insect can survive harsh winters here.
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		<title>11 environmentalists charged with trespassing after unfurling banner on Mount Rushmore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Environmentalists who hung a banner on Mount Rushmore National Memorial calling for a stop to global warming have been arrested.

A federal prosecutor says 11 people pleaded not guilty to trespassing and the misdemeanor crime of climbing on Mount Rushmore.
The environmental group Greenpeace says in a statement that its members hung the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil jumps above $71 as China looks to boost resrves, Nigeria rebels attack Shell platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices settled above $71 a barrel Monday, as China said it would boost oil reserves and Nigerian militants partly shut down an offshore oil platform belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC.

Benchmark crude for August delivery gained $2.33 to settle at $71.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Alaron Trading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man arrested after trying to rob a South Dakota hotel with a butter knife</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAPID CITY, S.D. — Police arrested a man they said tried to rob a hotel around 6 p.m. on Sunday with a butter knife. The clerk refused to give the man any money, and he left the hotel on foot. Police said about an hour later they spotted a man matching the description given by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil jumps above $71 a barrel as rebels attack another oil installation in Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices jumped above $71 a barrel Monday, as Nigerian militants damaged and partly shut down an offshore oil platform belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC.

Benchmark crude for August delivery gained $2.11 at $71.27 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Shell spokesman Precious Okolobo confirmed the attack and partial shutdown. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil jumps above $70 a barrel as rebels attack another oil installation in Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices jumped back above the $70 a barrel threshold Monday as Nigerian militants damaged and partly shut down an offshore oil platform belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC.

Benchmark crude for August delivery gained $1.74 at $70.90 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Friday, it fell $1.07 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: Underground Science story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — In a June 22 story about a South Dakota underground science lab, The Associated Press reported erroneously that John Bahcall won a share of the 2002 Nobel Prize for physics for his solar neutrino work with Ray Davis Jr. Though Bahcall was a key collaborator in the neutrino experiment, it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crews begin work on world&#8217;s deepest underground science lab in quest to understand dark matter</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/crews-begin-work-on-worlds-deepest-underground-science-lab-in-quest-to-understand-dark-matter-89110/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Far below the Black Hills of South Dakota, crews are building the world&#8217;s deepest underground science lab at a depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings — a place uniquely suited to scientists&#8217; quest for mysterious particles known as dark matter.

Scientists, politicians and other officials gathered Monday for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail gas prices on a streak as summer approaches</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Retail gas prices rose for the 49th straight day Tuesday even though crude fell yet again.

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline gained a half cent overnight to $2.674, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service, surpassing a stretch in early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil drops to near $68 a barrel as rally loses some steam; Shell CEO warns of price spikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices fell Monday as a four-month rally that has roughly doubled the price of crude lost some steam alongside the stock markets.

Benchmark crude for July delivery fell 35 cents to settle at $68.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices dropped as low as $66.78.
Crude prices have risen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling South Dakota rancher wins $232M jackpot, wants to buy himself more room to roam</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/struggling-south-dakota-rancher-wins-232m-jackpot-wants-to-buy-himself-more-room-to-roam-73938/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. — It has the makings of a Hollywood script: A young rancher struggling to eke out a living in one of the poorest corners of the nation claims one of the biggest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history — $232 million — after buying the ticket in a town called Winner.

As he sported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling South Dakota rancher wins $232 million jackpot; wants to buy more room to roam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. — If this were a movie, nobody would believe it: 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 history Friday — $232 million — after buying the ticket in a town by the name of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling SD rancher wins $232 million jackpot, wants to buy himself more room to roam</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/struggling-sd-rancher-wins-232-million-jackpot-wants-to-buy-himself-more-room-to-roam-73498/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. — If this were a movie, nobody would believe it: 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 history Friday — $232 million — after buying the ticket in a town by the name of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>23-year-old rancher from poor area of South Dakota claims $232.1M Powerball jackpot</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/23-year-old-rancher-from-poor-area-of-south-dakota-claims-2321m-powerball-jackpot-73461/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. — A 23-year-old rancher whose family has fallen behind in their taxes and recently had a mobile home repossessed claimed a $232.1 million Powerball jackpot on Friday, one of the largest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history.

Neal Wanless, who lives on his family&#8217;s 320-acre ranch near Mission, S.D., bought the winning ticket in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>23-year-old rancher from impoverished area of South Dakota claims $232.1M Powerball jackpot</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/23-year-old-rancher-from-impoverished-area-of-south-dakota-claims-2321m-powerball-jackpot-73343/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. — A 23-year-old rancher whose family has fallen behind in their taxes and recently had a mobile home repossessed claimed a $232.1 million Powerball jackpot on Friday, one of the largest undivided jackpots in U.S. lottery history.

Neal Wanless, who lives on his family&#8217;s 320-acre ranch near Mission, S.D., bought the winning ticket in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weeklong energy rally stumbles with latest report on a big surplus in oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices took a dive Wednesday after a government report on unused crude in storage suggested the monthlong rally in energy prices may have been premature.

After rising for seven straight days and threatening to break the $70 barrier, benchmark crude for July delivery tumbled 3.5 percent, or $2.43, to $66.12 a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weeklong rally in energy prices stumbles as unused crude in storage rises again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A weeklong rally in energy prices appeared to stumble Wednesday, with more evidence of anemic demand.

Oil prices fell toward $67 after the government reported that the level of unused crude in storage rose sharply. That could suggest that a price rally that began in May was premature.
Benchmark crude for July delivery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil slips below $68, remains near 7-month highs ahead of expected fall in US crude stocks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-slips-below-68-remains-near-7-month-highs-ahead-of-expected-fall-in-us-crude-stocks-70869/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices slipped below $68 a barrel Wednesday before the government reported how much unused crude, now near 19-year highs, remains in storage.

Benchmark crude for July delivery dropped 75 cents to $67.75 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract on Tuesday slipped 3 cents to settle at $68.55.
Crude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A barrel of oil crosses $69 for the first time this year; gasoline prices rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices briefly passed $69 per barrel Tuesday in a weeklong rally that appears short on fundamentals, yet exceedingly full of momentum.

Average retail gasoline prices continued to march upward: A gallon now costs about 46 cents more than it did a month ago.
After peaking at $69.05 Tuesday afternoon, a price not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil slides to around $68 after 7 straight sessions of price jumps</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-slides-to-around-68-after-7-straight-sessions-of-price-jumps-69812/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices slipped Tuesday as traders cashed out profits from seven straight sessions of price jumps built on hopes of an economic recovery and a falling dollar.

Benchmark crude for July delivery fell 46 cents to $68.12 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract on Monday jumped $2.27 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Drug, founded during Great Depression, endures recession with ice water, curios, charm</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wall-drug-founded-during-great-depression-endures-recession-with-ice-water-curios-charm-68888/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carson Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WALL, S.D. — Ted Hustead&#8217;s family knows a thing or two about running a tourist attraction during tough economic times.

Consider Wall Drug, on the north edge of South Dakota&#8217;s Badlands.
Hustead&#8217;s grandparents, Ted and Dorothy Hustead, bought the store in this small town in 1931 — during the Great Depression.
Business limped along for nearly five years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carlisle&#8217;s Trail King shutting Pennsylvania, North Dakota plants for 2 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Carlisle Cos. Inc. said Thursday it will temporarily close heavy truck trailer production operations in North Dakota and Pennsylvania.

Production at Carlisle&#8217;s Trail King Industries in those two states will be consolidated with its Mitcehll, S.D. operations during the shutdowns.
The company plans to close the West Fargo, N.D., plant in early June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crude prices above $55 as EIA reports lower-than-expected jump in crude inventories</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices surged to a 2009 high Wednesday after a government report showed that unused crude being placed in storage slowed a bit last week.

Benchmark crude for June delivery rose 4.6 percent, or $2.50, to settle at $56.34 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the highest close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crude prices passed $55 with new report showing crude in storage is falling</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/crude-prices-passed-55-with-new-report-showing-crude-in-storage-is-falling-54286/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 22:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices hit a new high for the year Wednesday ahead of a government report on the levels of crude in storage that have neared 19-year highs recently.

Benchmark crude for June delivery rose $1.42 cents to $55.26 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, levels not seen since November.
Weekly inventory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy prices fall across the board before the government releases storage level data</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 23:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices retreated from five-month highs Tuesday, a day before the government is expected to report that crude storage levels have reached a new 19-year high.

Benchmark crude for June delivery fell 63 cents to settle at $53.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Still crude prices have risen nearly 8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charge over Canadian man&#8217;s tribal status dismissed in 1975 murder case of AIM woman in SD</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/charge-over-canadian-mans-tribal-status-dismissed-in-1975-murder-case-of-aim-woman-in-sd-46878/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 09:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carson Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A federal judge dismissed a key charge Thursday against one of two men accused in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol filed an order dismissing one count of aiding and abetting murder against John Graham, who faces federal murder charges along with Richard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge: 1868 Sioux treaty covers pain, suffering of woman sexually assaulted by Army recruiter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. — A nearly 150-year-old treaty between the United States and a number of Indian tribes requires the U.S. government pay for the treatment and other losses of a Sioux woman sexually assaulted by an Army recruiter, a federal judge ruled.

Judge Francis M. Allegra said in a ruling Tuesday in Washington that Lavetta Elk, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit seeking money for S.D.&#8217;s Black Hills divides Sioux; many still want sacred land back</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PIERRE, S.D. — A band of Sioux whose ancestors were driven from the majestic Black Hills more than 130 years ago is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation, upsetting other tribal members who say taking money for the sacred land would be legitimizing the theft.

A lawsuit filed last week asks a federal judge [...]]]></description>
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