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SEARCH:    Contact Us Abortion Debate Recipes HDTV FAQ KOTA Employment HomeNewsWeatherSportsWhat's on TVKOTA AutosClassifiedsLifestyle Contact UsAbortion DebateRecipesHDTV FAQKOTA Employment Print   Text Size Polygamists may be living near PringlePosted: Featured Video Cindy DavisFollowers of a polygamist sect could be living in KOTA Territory. Their leader is accused of child rape and wanted for fleeing from prosecution, and according to a Texas newspaper, he could be hiding southwest of Pringle. The Eldorado Success newspaper reports the discovery of a 100 acre site in Custer County. The paper reports the property is connected to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of...

MARTIN - Brad Johnson told his awful story late Tuesday afternoon, remembering in a soft, unsteady voice the rifle shot that took a stranger's life and changed his own forever. "I have a lot of questions to God about why this thing had to happen," the 51-year-old Martin-area farmer said during a telephone interview from his home. "It's a terrible thing. It's a freak thing. To me, it's impossible that it could even happen." But it did happen last Friday afternoon, in a blurred convergence of poor judgment and fickle chance that left 39-year-old Jay Torgerson of Custer lying in...

Okay - I realize this is a vanity - hopefully I selected the appropriate place for it. I'm looking for ideas for a new tattoo and thought that I'd stick it out here for suggestions. Specifically - I am looking for something that combines a bear - or bear paw/claws with a 'patriotic' theme. any ideas/graphics would be appreciated. Nothing too huge - as this is intended for an upper arm.

Very strong winds are driving a grass and timber fire just northwest of Rapid City. The fire, which is being called the Mill Road fire, started sometime after midnight. It is estimated at over 400 acres. Deadwood Avenue and Haines Avenue were closed to traffic north of Interstate 90. Deadwood Avenue re-opened around 7:30 AM. The Interstate is open. The Laurel Heights subdivision was evacuated overnight. A voluntary evacuation order was issued for Westin Heights. There are no reports of structures burned. No injuries were reported. The smoke is being carried over a large area of east Rapid City. Fire...

An experiment in the United States has created a mixed-sex human embryo. The team involved insists that the creation of an hermaphrodite human embryo was designed to cure illness, but critics say moral and ethical standards have been breached. The process they used creates what is known as a "chimaera" - a blend of two embryos, each of which would have a distinct genetic identities. Click here to see how a mixed-sex embryo could be created But any attempt to produce such a baby would provoke a worldwide ethical storm. In experiments using donated embryos, scientists from the Centers for...

Anna Kournikova may not be taking part in the 2003 Wimbledon tournament but that has not dimmed her popularity online. According to figures gathered by web monitoring firm NetNames the Russian tennis star has more sites than any other player dedicated to her. Rising star Andy Roddick currently tops the men's website rankings perhaps because of his victory at Queens in the run up to the Wimbledon championships. Britain's Tim Henman is close behind Mr Roddick when it comes to the number of websites devoted to him. Site seeing On the web women's tennis is much more popular than the...

Okay - I'm looking for opinions/views/thoughts on what type of new truck I should buy. Specifically - I'm interested in personal experiences and recommendations from fellow freepers. As of today - I'm leaning heavily toward a 2003 Dodge 1500 quad cab 4X4. which should give you an idea of what I'm interested in - only Full size (either half or 3/4 ton), 4x4, four door, either short or long box... I would like to hear from the Ford, Chevy, and Dodge crowd... Any one???

Oregon firefighter dies at Colorado wildfire Firefighter Michael Bennett drinks after building a fire line on the Missionary Ridge wildfire northeast of Durango, Colo., on Monday. He and the rest of his crew from Coos Bay worked 12 hours on the fire line in rugged mountain terrain. As of today, the fire has charred almost 73,000 acres. On Tuesday, an Oregon firefighter from Ontario died while battling the blaze, after a tree fell on him. - AP Photo By Michaela Ulibarri, Associated Press Writer DURANGO, Colo. -- A firefighter from Oregon died Tuesday while working in rugged terrain and high...

There's a joke that says that it's 99 percent of politicians who give the rest a bad name. Mac users may feel this way upon hearing that a Wired article reveals that Macs are the ugly stepchildren in our nation's capital. The story reports that the Senate Office of the Sergeant at Arms (SAA), which makes technology recommendations to senators, is strongly anti-Mac. The SAA has eliminated almost all Macs on Capitol Hill with the exception of three offices: Kennedy's, Sen. Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota) and the office of the Democratic Policy Committee. "The SAA's recommendations aren't mandatory, but those...

W O R L D N E W S S T O R Y US Navy SEAL killed in Afghan explosion 29 March 2002 WASHINGTON: An elite US Navy SEAL Special Operations fighter has been killed and another wounded in an apparent landmine blast in southern Afghanistan, spotlighting the danger for Western troops fighting a six-month-old war there. Officials at the Pentagon and US Central Command in Tampa, Florida, said the two elite Special Operations troops, among 6,000 US troops in Afghanistan, were on a small-unit training exercise south of Kandahar when the explosion occurred at about 8:30am Afghan time....

Okay - maybe I'm just slow and this has been discussed at length already - but what Happened to "Texaggie79"?

Okay, this is a request for assistance in finding information on the 196th Regimental Combat Team during the years 1950 - 1952 (Korean War). This unit is from the SD National Guard and was sent to Fort Carson Colorado in 1950 and then on to Alaska. What I am looking for is a list of members, photos, contact info for people who were there, etc... any help you may have will be greatly appreciated.

From: "Sen.Sheila Kiscaden" sen.sheila.kiscaden@senate.leg.state.mn.us To: Legislative Update Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:23:39 -0600 Subject: Briefing: Concealed Carry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Concealed Carry: Finding Common Ground on an Uncommonly Divisive Issue I have received many letters, phone calls, and email messages about the pending concealed carry legislation. I thought it would be useful to provide an update to everyone who contacted me (constituent and non- constituents - proponents and opponents). This is a somewhat lengthy letter because I want to give you a briefing on what is currently being proposed in the Senate. As long as I have been in the ...

Okay, this is not from any published article, but is simply a personal experience. A good friend of mine (fellow FREEper) and I were having lunch. As (almost) always we went to get some coffee after we were done eating. At the little coffee shop - we noticed two gentlemen sitting at a table going through 4 or 5 passports. Now, from what I could see - I was only a couple of feet from them - these were not U.S. passports. The gentlemen appeared to be "Arab" - dark skin, dark hair - could be Pakistani, Indian, don't really ...

click on the link and select Player and Speed from "Watch Now Section". Son of Bambi meets Godzilla

<p>BEIJING, China (CNN) -- In a desperate bid to get numbers of an endangered species of tiger up, Chinese animal keepers have called on the services of Viagra.</p> <p>The anti-impotency drug is being used to try and encourage a pair of rare South China tigers in a Beijing zoo to mate, the Beijing Morning Post reported Wednesday.</p>