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SD part of national settlement with Ranbaxy

Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will get more than $1 million as its share of a national settlement with a pharmaceutical manufacturer that allegedly distributed substandard drugs. Full story

SD tribe faces ultimatum on sale of massacre site

A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and hundreds of gravesites — many belonging to Native Americans massacred more than a century earlier. Full story

Warmer weather improves farm conditions in SD

Pastures are beginning to turn green following warm weather and sunshine in South Dakota. Full story

South Dakota tries to change "Negro" and "squaw" place-names

(Reuters) - South Dakota is finding it difficult to change time-worn names of locations that are seen as offensive by African-Americans and Native Americans, such as "Negro" and "squaw" creeks, canyons and mountain ridges. Full story

SD housing authority to get settlement money

Attorney General Marty Jackley says the South Dakota Housing Development Authority will receive South Dakota's share of a multistate settlement with one of the nation's biggest mortgage processing companies. Full story

South Dakota milk production up 0.6 percent

Milk production in South Dakota during January, February and March was up 0.6 percent from the first quarter of 2012. Full story

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Body of South Dakota teen who died trying to save brother found

South Dakota governor signs extended abortion wait period law

South Dakota extends abortion wait period for weekends, holidays

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  Winter thaw leads to Dakota ice jams

Large ice formations have spotted in South Dakota's Sioux River. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.

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A lone vehicle travels one of the many monotonous roads on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. REUTERS/ANDY CLARK

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Al Neuharth, founder of the USA Today and the Freedom Forum listens as Former Senator George McGovern talks about old times during the dedication of the Al Neuharth Media Center on the campus of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota, Thursday afternoon, September 25, 2003.

Michigan Wolverines head coach Beilein talks with his players during their second round NCAA tournament basketball game against South Dakota State in Auburn Hills
Michigan Wolverines head coach Beilein talks with his players during their second round NCAA tournament basketball game against South Dakota State in Auburn Hills

Michigan Wolverines head coach John Beilein talks with his players during a stop in game action in the second half of their second round NCAA tournament basketball game against South Dakota State in Auburn Hills, Michigan March 21, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBAL

Michigan head coach Beilein talks with guard Burke during a stop in game action during their second round NCAA tournament basketball game against South Dakota State in Auburn Hills
Michigan head coach Beilein talks with guard Burke during a stop in game action during their second round NCAA tournament basketball game against South Dakota State in Auburn Hills

Michigan Wolverines head coach John Beilein talks with guard Trey Burke during a stop in game action during the second half of their second round NCAA tournament basketball game against South Dakota State in Auburn Hills, Michigan March 21, 2013. REUTERS/ Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT