Steve Nedved

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Boy Scouts of America welcomes girls into all of its programs for the first time

Courtesy: Kim Foli(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — Olivia Foli, 14, grew up wanting to be in the Boy Scouts like her older brother. Now she’s going to be able to follow in his footsteps. Friday marked a milestone in the more than 100-year history of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA): the organization now accepts girls into …

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Congressman Dusty Johnson lauds U.S.S. South Dakota during commissioning

Congressman Dusty Johnson offered his thoughts during Saturday’s commissioning of the submarine USS South Dakota. He told the crowd, in his words, “this is our boat”, in three ways: as South Dakotans, as citizens of the United States and because of the values that power it. “American values. The people gathered here today love freedom, …

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Police seize $2M in drugs after trucks tried to avoid border checkpoint

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office(GILA BEND, Ariz.) — Authorities in Arizona announced on Friday the seizure of two massive truckloads of marijuana and methamphetamine worth $2 million and the arrests of three suspects in the case. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday night that detectives saw two trucks avoid a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint …

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Putin orders Russia to develop new missiles after US leaves treaty

iStock(MOSCOW) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s military to begin developing new medium-range missiles in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States is leaving a key Cold War nuclear arms treaty. Putin announced that Russia was also suspending the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces, or INF treaty, a day after the U.S. said …

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Major storm could bring flash flooding, mudslides to Southern California

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major Pacific storm moving onshore in California on Saturday morning will bring numerous hazards, including a high risk for flash flooding along the Southern California coast. Heavy rain will move into parts of the Los Angeles and San Francisco metropolitan regions Saturday morning. Rainfall rates over 1 inch per hour …

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Is it meat or isn’t it?

Beef producers say making sure labels are clear is again a priority for 2019.  Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration are close to signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding regulatory authority of laboratory-produced cultured protein. David Dick, a cow/calf producer from Sedalia, Missouri says the issue …

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Arctic air to return; a stormy pattern

Cold air will continue to erode across the Midwest, with above-normal temperatures expected by Saturday. Weekend temperatures will briefly top 70° as far north as the central Plains, but cold weather will be slow to depart New England. Late in the weekend and early next week, a new surge of Arctic air will engulf northern …

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‘SIM swapping’ indictment in Manhattan spotlights tech-savvy fraud targeting crypto-currency owners

Bronek Kaminski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A tech-savvy bank robber wore no mask and carried no gun — but used the little chip inside a smartphone to steal untold thousands of dollars in what is becoming an increasing popular strain of e-fraud, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. A grand jury in New York returned …

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Burglars take off with $300K in cash and jewelry after ransacking LA mansion

Jack Berman/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — It appeared to be a well-planned heist. Burglars smashed their way into a multi-million dollar Los Angeles mansion, ransacked the home, and somehow managed to take a 1,000-pound safe with $300,000 worth of money and jewelry inside. Records show the home belongs to inventor Ronald Katz, the brother of Broadway …

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DC ‘mansion murderer’ gets four life sentences with no chance of parole

Metropolitan Police Department(WASHINGTON) — A judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday ordered that a man convicted for the gruesome murders of a child, his parents and their housekeeper in a local mansion in 2015 never be released from prison. The judge sentenced Daron Wint to four life sentences after prosecutors and the victims’ family members …

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