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The Pierre high school football player who collapsed during a pregame warmup has undergone heart surgery in Sioux Falls. Senior center Taylor Maier has a history of heart problems but had a doctor’s permission to play in the game on Saturday against Mitchell. A portable defibrillator was used to shock …

In a frustrating quirk in government policy, the most tightly controlled drugs — like painkilling narcotics prone to abuse — are the ones that most often elude environmental regulation when they become waste. Federal narcotics regulators impose strict rules meant to keep controlled pharmaceuticals out of the wrong hands. Yet …

LOS ANGELES – Here’s a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people’s thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in …

GREEN BAY, Wis. – A sailor rescued after he fell into Lake Michigan says one of the worst moments of the 12-hour ordeal came near the end, when a Coast Guard helicopter seemed to have its spotlight on him, only to turn away. “I heard the rotors and looked east …

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Tropical Storm Fay hobbled across Florida for a fifth day Friday as the state’s death toll rose to five, while residents began plodding through muddy water to assess the flood damage to their homes. Fay has dumped more than two feet of rain along parts of Florida’s …

WASHINGTON – The White House is rejecting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s claim that the United States pushed Georgia to war, calling the allegation “patently false.” Putin had suggested that U.S. involvement was intended to affect its own domestic politics. Spokeswoman Dana Perino responded Thursday by saying that “to suggest …

LAS VEGAS – A bus crash south of Las Vegas has injured 29 people, four critically, after their employee shuttle swerved off the interstate and slammed into the center divider. Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Honea says the bus wheels and undercarriage were ripped from the vehicle and strewn all …

ADA, Ohio – An apparent electrical fire destroyed a house trailer before dawn Friday in northwest Ohio, killing a family of five, including an infant boy and two other children, authorities said. Near Cincinnati, two firefighters died around the same time after getting trapped in the basement of a burning …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Several Web sites of the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty have been attacked, the broadcaster said Monday, suggesting the Belarus government could be responsible. In the form of a denial-of-service attack that floods servers with fake traffic so legitimate visitors cannot get through, the assault began …

BOCA RATON, Fla. – A lock-down at Florida Atlantic University was lifted Wednesday after authorities found a suspect in an early morning campus shooting, officials said. Two shots were fired shortly after 1 a.m. at a party in the student apartments on the Boca Raton campus, FAU Police Chief Charles …