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WASHINGTON - Corn and soybean farmers are pushing for - and Congress is moving to create - a whole new subsidy that could maintain farm incomes at a nearly four-decade...

CHICAGO -- A nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System is slated for 1 p.m. Wednesday. It's the first such test to be conducted nationwide. The U.S. Department of Homeland...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Relax, it's finally time to reclaim that hour of sleep you lost last spring. That's right, tonight the clocks are turned back in most of the country...

CHICAGO -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency, in cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will conduct the first...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Airline industry officials are forecasting full flights for Thanksgiving despite an expected 2 percent drop in passengers. Air Transport Association officials said today they expect 37,000 fewer...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Industry officials say fuel shortages that often occur during the busy fall harvest season in the Dakotas are a big problem this year. South Dakota...

MADISON, Wis. -- A Madison man accused of slapping a female police officer on the buttocks has been cited for disorderly conduct. Police say the incident happened during the city's...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin state Senate plans to vote on a bill that would require sex education classes in schools to stress abstinence over contraception. The proposal up for...

RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Rapid City police arrested a man from the United Kingdom for swatting a mall clerk on the buttocks with a paddle. KOTA reports that police arrested...

JANESVILLE, Iowa (AP) -- Authorities say an 11-year-old Janesville boy who was struck by a school bus has died of his injuries. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- South Dakota farmland values have tripled in the past decade, thanks to low interest rates and high commodity prices. Agriculture officials say it's a trend that...

RAPID CITY, S.D. -- Parts of South Dakota are bracing for significant snowfall today. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the southwest corner of the...