One of the little gems of travel is that USA Today that shows up outside your door at "finer" hotels (and after this weekend I use that term loosely). It provides minutes of entertainment flipping through the pages to find graphics for kindergarteners and stories for those whose attention is about that of my mutt.

Well you know that republican congresscritter who had the little traffic accident in South Dakota? Bill Janklow, or William to his friends, did have a little fender-bender that cost the life of a motorcyclist:

An accident report estimated that Rep. Bill Janklow was driving 70 mph to 75 mph on a 55-mph county road when he blew a stop sign and struck a motorcycle, killing the biker.

The report increases the possibility of criminal charges against the congressman and former four-term governor, who has exerted enormous political power over South Dakota politics for nearly 30 years.

The price of inmate-built homes sold to low-income families will rise in October, the South Dakota Housing Development Authority said. The authority's board voted to increase the price of the 960-square-foot Governor's House to $28,000, up from $25,500. A larger version of the house designed for use as a day-care center will rise from $28,750 to $31,500. Prison inmate crews have built the homes since former governor Bill Janklow started the program in 1996.