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In this undated photo provided by the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, a previously paralyzed rat in a special harness walks voluntarily after several weeks of rehabilitation in a laboratory in Switzerland.

Two catchers who were teammates of pitcher Roger Clemens say he played with integrity and refused to cut corners - the opposite of the image painted by prosecutors of a man who cheated to gain an edge and then lied about it... Roger Clemens lost something off his fastball in his 40s but still succeeded by pitching smarter, his former manager ... (more)

Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory ... More>> Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.

Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.

Lena Greenberg was in constant motion as she stood waiting for her turn at the microphone at the National Spelling Bee - arms waving, feet dancing, head bobbing.

Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.

It was an exciting day in Lead where the Sanford Underground Research Facility unveiled a new laboratory nearly a mile underground.

Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.

Congress has given itself two more months to come up with long-term solutions for the debt-burdened National Flood Insurance Program.

Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.

An unmanned U.S. Air Force spaceplane that has been in orbit for over a year is coming back to Earth.

This fall, a Sioux Falls company will sandblast lead paint off the Brandon water tower and repaint it.

Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.

Scientist Rick Gaitskell, a physics professor at Brown University, talks Tuesday, May 29, 2012, about the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, S.D. The lab's experiments will include the world's most sensitive dark-matter detector.

The images of twisted metal are frightening and all too familiar on a stretch of Highway 385 near Pactola Reservoir.

Police say Way left a note on a school employee's desk saying there would be violence on campus and mentioning a shooting and the burning of a dean's house.

The lone grocery store on Pine Ridge reopens with some health and pricing stipulations.

The number of visitors at attractions across the state is up compared to last year, according to the South Dakota Tourism Department.

The helicity, or handedness, of neutrinos has only been observed in two states, left-handed neutrinos and right-handed antineutrinos.

The U.S. Geological Survey, along with various state and local agencies, will conduct a geomorphic study.