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Groton Daily Independent
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 313 ~ 14 of 37
Information from: Rapid City Journal, http://www.rapidcityjournal.com
Man sentenced in woman’s death on Pine Ridge reservation
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — One of two defendants accused in the slaying of a woman on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The Rapid City Journal reports 32-year-old Fred Quiver was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty to being an accessory to second-degree murder in the killing of his childhood friend Emily Bluebird in January 2016. Bluebird’s body was found on the reservation several weeks after her death following a search by vol- unteers. Authorities say she was strangled with an electronics cord and hit in the head with a hammer
multiple times.
Quiver’s girlfriend at the time, 24-year-old Elizabeth Ann LeBeau, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder
in Bluebird’s death. She faces up to life in prison. ___
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5 western states change branding for international markets
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A group of five western states that banded together nearly three decades ago to market the region internationally is changing its brand.
The Dakotas, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho are dropping the “Real America” brand in favor of “The Great American West.”
North Dakota Tourism Director Sara Otte (AW’-tee) Coleman says the new brand “captures the essence” of the region. Officials hope it will strengthen the region’s appeal to international travelers.
The multi-state international promotional cooperative has been marketing collectively in Europe and Australia since the early 1990s.
Georgia Democrat challenges racial barrier in governor race By BILL BARROW, Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats gave Atlanta lawyer Stacey Abrams a chance to become the first black female governor in American history on a primary night that ended well for several women seeking office.
Abrams set new historical marks with a primary victory Tuesday that made her the first black nominee and first female nominee for governor of either majority party in Georgia.
Voters also picked nominees in Kentucky, Arkansas and Texas ahead of the November midterms. A closer look at key story lines:
GEORGIA GOVERNOR’S RACE
Democrats were set to nominate a woman for governor either way, with Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans battling it out in a pitched primary fight.
But the 44-year-old Abrams stood out in her bid to be the nation’s first African-American woman to lead a state. The former state General Assembly leader was insistent that the way to dent Republican domina- tion in Georgia wasn’t by cautiously pursuing the older white voters who had abandoned Democrats over recent decades. Rather, she wanted to widen the electorate by attracting young voters and nonwhites who hadn’t been casting ballots.
She will test her theory as the underdog against either Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle or Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who will meet in Republican runoff in July. Cagle led a five-man Republican field, with Kemp quali- fying for the second spot after a campaign that was a sprint to the right on everything from immigration to support for President Donald Trump.
Kemp promised to keep pulling in that direction, with Cagle trying to balance the demands of a conser- vative primary electorate with his support from the business establishment. The scenario worried some