Our Freedom (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
[Our Freedom notes in brackets] Two defendants arraigned in South Dakota court for 1975 [or 1976] slaying CARSON WALKER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 10, 2008 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Two men newly indicted for a 1975 [or 1976, according to an FBI informant] slaying on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation were arraigned Friday in federal court in Rapid City. John [...]
kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Connecticut court rules same-sex couples can marry For the second time in two years, voters in South Dakota will be asked to say yes or no to a measure that would ban almost all abortions in
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Here we have South Dakota Democrats benefiting from a NRA endorsement based on incumbency and not change: In a state that loves guns, the NRA matters in political campaigns. That's especially true in western South Dakota, where Rapid City dentist...
S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
A little birdie passed this video on to me. I don't know it's source. However, it juxtaposes Tiffany Campbell's story about having to choose one of her twin fetuses against the hogwash the Vote Yes for Life Unruhians have tried to vomit up against her choice. My source provides this bit of commentary: Someone pulled together VoteYesForLife's various responses to Tiffany Campbell's story and put them...
Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | yesterday
“The buffalo were a gift,” [Tribal official Ken Haukaas] continued. “The wind is a gift.” Native Americans on the Great Plains are harvesting a new gift these days… wind power. This story in the New York Times says tribes such as the Rosebud Sioux on the border of Nebraska and South Dakota are builidng wind [...]
Domestic Fuel (Free subscription) | yesterday
A South Dakota-based cellulosic ethanol company has gone public and changed its name. KL Process Design Group is now KL Energy Corp, a move that will help the company generate funding to develop its second commercial scale cellulosic ethanol production facility. Since January of 2008, the KL has been producing cellulosic ethanol using waste wood [...]
TheWashCycle (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Almost everyone has one, a spot on their commute that they despise. For me it has always been the stretch of Bladensburg Road between South Dakota NE and 29th St NE. For the few years that I've been biking to...
American Pundit (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Tony Dean, the host of outdoor shows from South Dakota, is featured in a new Obama radio spot assuring people that Obama won’t infringe on your gun rights, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Dean says he’s a lifelong Republican but is voting for Barack Obama this year. Sound a bit odd, does it? That’s probably [...]
S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
With not just Wall Street but world markets taking a major dump on the financial bed, it's finally official: President George W. Bush is now our President Herbert Hoover. As the MSNBC notes: Dow slumps amid global rout It takes a very "special" kind of President to "accomplish" so much: Shred the Constitution and Bill of Rights Shred the economy Get us into an illegal and unfounded war Run up massive...
RHRealityCheck.org blogs (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Palin continues desperate attacks with repeat of debunked abortion claim; The latest on ballot initiatives in South Dakota, Colorado and California; Victoria, Australia decriminalizes abortion; Pro-Obama Catholic lawyer resigns from board of Catholic school; HPV vaccine used by 25% of girls aged 13 to 17.
Feministing (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
This news segment (video below the jump because it's on autoplay) is takes a pretty comprehensive look at the proposed abortion ban in South Dakota, and just how extreme it is. Be on the look out for Tiffany Campbell, a...
Sibby Online (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Last night I attended the Davison County GOP meeting where Secretary of State Chris Nelson presented the taxpayer funded voter guide. The opposition to IM10 was written by Karl Adams, Char of the South Dakota Republican Party and Jack Billion...
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Wayne Ortman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oct 09, 2008 05:12 PM SIOUX FALLS, S.D.– Another Black Hills mountain lion has gone the distance. A subadult lion wearing a radio collar from South Dakota was killed this week about 950 kilometres away in Saskatoon. Four years ago, a collared lion from the Black Hills travelled more than 1,000 kilometres to Oklahoma, where it was hit by a train. Jonathan Jenks, a...
Space Ref (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
NASA Exhibit On Display During South Dakota Space Days Oct. 16-17
S.D. Watch (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
My colleagues at KELOLAND report today that Gov. Mike Rounds has come out forcefully against IM10, the "Clean and Sober Government Act" or whatever the heck they are calling it. Rounds Blasts Ballot Measure Governor Mike Rounds says he opposes Initiated Measure 10 on the fall ballot because it would interfere with the political rights of South Dakotans and would not accomplish its stated goal of open...
