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This March 12, 2009 photo shows bars along Main Street in Deadwood, S.D. A bill in the South Dakota Legislature allowing Deadwood hotel bars to serve liquor 24 hours a day is drawing the ire of saloon owners who say the measure hurts them and discourages investment in the western gambling town's downtown. (AP Photo/Rapid City Journal, Ryan Soderlin)

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Sen. Mike Vehle, R-Mitchell, presides over the South Dakota Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Pierre, S.D. Vehle will try again this year to get the South Dakota Legislature to pass a ban on texting while driving. (AP Photo/Chet Brokaw)

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South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson gives his annual State of the Judiciary speech to a joint session of the South Dakota Legislature on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Pierre, S.D. Gilbertson says the court system is doing its part to overhaul South Daktoa's criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Chet Brokaw)