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Local Sports for Tuesday January 8th

The weekly South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Polls are out after the holiday break and in boys’ basketball Lincoln takes over the top spot in Class AA with Tea Area in Class A and Bridgewater/Emery in Class B as the states top team.  In the girls’ basketball poll this week, O’Gorman leads Class AA, Lennox …

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Millennial invasion: The top five trending vacation spots in 2019

spooh/iStock(NEW YORK) — Where in the world will millennials travel in 2019? Hopper has the answer: Bora Bora St. Martin Aspen, Colorado Denpasar, Indonesia (Bali) Kahului, Hawaii (Maui) The app, primarily used by millennials, analyzed millions of trips being searched in the app for 2019. Why these places? According to Liana Corwin of Hopper, “From …

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Snow and strong winds expected in Midwest, Northeast

ABC News(NEW YORK) — It was lightly snowing early Tuesday in New York City’s Times Square as the first of several rounds of snow hit the Northeast. This same storm system brought snow to the Midwest on Monday. Parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula saw more than a foot as wind gusts of up to 50 …

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Mother charged in death of 7-year-old who was found in Denver storage unit

BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(DENVER) — A mother has been charged in connection with the death of her 7-year-old son, who was found dead in a self-serve storage facility last month. Elisha Pankey, 43, was charged with child abuse resulting in death, a second-degree felony, and abuse of a corpse on Monday, more than three weeks after police discovered …

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Student arrested for allegedly planning mass shootings at California schools

rustythedog/iStock(NAPA, Calif.) — Police have arrested a middle school student who allegedly planned to carry out mass shootings at schools in Northern California. The Napa Police Department disclosed the arrest in a statement on Monday, saying it had thwarted potential shootings at River Middle School and Vintage High School in Napa, California, during winter break …

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Two Marines, Navy corpsman under investigation in death of US contractor in Iraq: Officials

Sgt. Donald Holbert/U.S. Marine Corps(WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman are under investigation in connection with the death of a U.S. contractor in northern Iraq, according to two U.S. officials. The New York Times was the first to report the incident. The contractor’s death followed a physical altercation which took place …

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No pictures please: Why Old Dominion caved to the pressure to put their own photo on “Make It Sweet” cover

RCA NashvilleOld Dominion marks a career milestone of sorts with their latest hit, “Make It Sweet”: It’s one of the few times the five-man-band has used their own photo on the cover of one of their albums or singles. “That’s one of the first times,” lead singer Matthew Ramsey agrees, as the band laughs. “Well, but we’re not …

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Wind Advisory issued January 08 at 2:05AM MST until January 08 at 5:00PM MST by NWS

…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING… * TIMING…Wind speeds will increase by late this morning, then gradually diminish through the late afternoon. Strongest winds are expected from 11 am through 4 pm. * WINDS…Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph gusting 40 to 50 mph are expected.

Wind Advisory issued January 07 at 9:05PM MST until January 08 at 5:00PM MST by NWS

…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY… * TIMING…Strong northwest winds will accompany a frontal passage overnight. Winds again become strong after sunrise through Tuesday evening. The winds will be strongest and most widespread Tuesday afternoon. * WINDS…Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph gusting 40 to 50 mph

Two Marines under investigation in the death of US contractor in Iraq: Officials

Sgt. Donald Holbert/U.S. Marine Corps(WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. Marines are under investigation in connection with the death of a U.S. contractor in northern Iraq, according to two U.S. officials. A U.S. Navy corpsman is also under investigation, according to the New York Times, which was the first to report the incident. The contractor’s death followed …

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