(AP) – The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports of a material used prevalently in smartphones, robotics, electric vehicles and many other high tech products.

One of the many piles of snow plowed up as high as stop signs Monday morning after being cleared off the road at the intersection of Sixth Street and Frisco Avenue. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

It’s open for debate depending upon certain drifts, but the National Weather Service reports that between 6 and 8 inches of snow fell over Clinton this past weekend, with most of the City of Clinton’s operations as well as Clinton Public Schools closed Monday in reaction to the weather. Clinton Daily News also received word from Dist. 3 Commissioner Lyle Miller that the Custer County Courthouse closed Monday due to the weather.

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Parent questions son’s use of monetary gift

DEAR HARRIETTE: My son told me that he’s in need of a laptop, as his old one broke down on him. I asked what was keeping him from getting a new one, and he shared that he didn’t want to overspend without saving up a bit longer.

Pro-life single-issue voters do not have to vote for Republicans

Something good has happened in American politics. Pro-life single-issue voters do not have to vote for Republicans anymore. The Republican Party in its platform decided during the last presidential election that it was no longer calling for an end to abortion, which is a betrayal of pro-life Republican voters.

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