Associated Press

Justin Verlander won on opening day for the first time in six tries, striking out seven over five shutout innings at frosty Target Field, sending the defending American League champions past the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Monday.

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RAPID CITY - Authorities say an inmate who they believed went missing briefly Monday morning was actually never missing and was where he was supposed to be.

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RAPID CITY - A 21-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and raping a woman against her will.

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LEAD - The Department of Energy has started an environmental assessment in Lead that will determine whether building a new surface laboratory will have significant effects on human health and the environment.

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PINE RIDGE - Investigators say a weekend fire that destroyed an abandoned log cabin church on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is suspicious.

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WASHINGTON - After a dozen years of war and a half-dozen of economic troubles, the United States is beginning to wrestle with a question even more existential than those big events: What does it mean to be an American?

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SIOUX FALLS - The Sioux Falls School District is spending millions of dollars on Google Chromebooks and Apple iPads. But students won't be able to use them to take standardized tests next year.

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RAPID CITY - State Fire Meteorologist Darren Clabo says there is a potential for large wildfires in western South Dakota this spring.

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SPEARFISH - The High Plains Western Heritage Center in Spearfish once again has live animals on display.

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RAPID CITY - New 2012 census estimates confirm that people are leaving the South Dakota countryside to live in the urban centers of Sioux Falls and Rapid City.

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