Associated Press

The Monday night vote was 4-3 in favor of the ban. Mayor Ken Tracy says the goal isn't to issue tickets, but to raise awareness of the dangers of texting while driving.

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The board chairman of the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System says the amount of money for the project in President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal "leaves us completely dead in the water."

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A South Dakota woman accused of beating to death a 4-year-old boy in February because he wet his pants has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges against her.

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A man accused of killing a Mitchell woman last month has pleaded not guilty to murder and manslaughter charges.

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The deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon reverberated on both sides of the Atlantic as cities from Los Angeles to London saw a surge in security.

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The boy who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings was remembered by neighbors Tuesday as a vivacious 8-year-old who loved to run and climb.

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Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people and injuring at least 23 others in a terrifying scene of broken glass, smoke and severed limbs, authorities said.

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All of North Dakota has been placed under a winter storm warning, and a blizzard warning has been issued for central and southeastern portions of the state, as heavy snow moves across the area.

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South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched 4 of 5 white ball numbers and the Mega Ball in last Friday's drawing to win the game's third prize. The odds of doing so are one in about 689,000.

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The Yankton Police Department has bought a robot that will check out potentially dangerous scenes before officers enter.

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