Associated Press

FORT PIERRE - More than 200 firefighters learned techniques for battling wildfires during a four-day training academy in Fort Pierre.

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Zach Parise scored two goals and added an assist and the Minnesota Wild extended their winning streak to six games with a 7-4 win over Dallas Stars on Monday.

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Denny Hamlin suffered a compression fracture in his lower spine during a last-lap crash while racing for the win against former teammate Joey Logano, and Joe Gibbs Racing gave no indication Monday how long its driver could be sidelined.

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Mike Pelfrey struck out four, walked one and gave up one run and five hits in five innings of work in the Minnesota Twins 4-3 loss to St. Louis on Monday.

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PITTSBURGH - A wide-ranging storm is headed toward the East Coast after blanketing the Midwest and burying thoughts of springtime weather under a blanket of heavy wet snow and slush, though less snow is predicted to fall as the storm moves eastward.

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LOS ANGELES - A 9-year-old girl crawled out of a mangled SUV, climbed out of a canyon and walked about a mile in the middle of the night to find help after surviving a highway crash that killed her father in Southern California, authorities said.

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RAPID CITY - A man who drowned while trying to save a 6-year-old boy from an icy South Dakota river was remembered for his kindness and infectious personality.

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SIOUX FALLS - Senator Tim Johnson is set to announce Tuesday whether he will seek re-election in 2014.

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PIERRE - Catching walleyes on Lake Oahe could be profitable for anglers in the coming years.

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RAPID CITY - The mother of an 8-year-old girl who drowned at a Rapid City hotel says the family was on a vacation that turned tragic.

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