Crime

SAN FRANCISCO - The social media giant Twitter acknowledged that it has become the latest victim in a number of cyber-attacks against media companies, saying hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users.

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MITCHELL - Police in Mitchell have arrested a 36-year-old man accused of leading officers on circuitous 15-mile chase that ended in a cornfield with the use of a Taser.

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SIOUX FALLS - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says it has arrested a man accused of failing to pay more than $68,000 in child support in South Dakota.

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PIERRE - The South Dakota Legislature has given final approval to a plan to cut the state's prison costs by treating more nonviolent offenders in community programs.

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ABERDEEN - Authorities say a South Dakota man accused of murdering a woman in Chicago had been dating her and allegedly pushed her out of a third-floor apartment window after an argument.

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HARRISBURG - A former chairwoman of the Harrisburg School Board and her husband will not go on trial next week over accusations that they allowed dozens of teenagers to drink alcohol last spring at a pre-graduation party on their property.

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MITCHELL - State prosecutors in South Dakota say a teenager's alleged murder confession should be reinstated because she freely gave it to police.

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ABERDEEN - A South Dakota man accused of pushing a woman out of a third-floor window in Chicago is fighting extradition to Illinois to face a murder charge.

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PARKER - Thirty-nine-year-old Chris Miller was convicted late Wednesday of second-degree murder and aggravated assault. The murder charge carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

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Sioux Falls Urban Planner Russ Sorenson says the city is working with the Pettigrew Heights Neighborhood Association to improve safety.

"This announcement is great news for Sioux Falls," Russ told me

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