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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The first of what will be five pieces of art is in place at the Rapid City Regional Airport.
• The 12-foot-tall, half-ton sandhill crane sculpture made from forks, shovel blades, car mufflers and scrap metal is part of a $20 million remodeling project at the airport. Deputy director Toni Broom says about

$250,000 is budgeted for the art.
• Broom says the idea is provide travelers with a feel for going through the Badlands and into the Black Hills. The other four pieces of art will be introduced over the next couple of months.
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• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Economic growth appears to be slowing in nine Midwest and Plains states, but a monthly survey of business leaders released Friday suggests the region remains healthy overall.
• The report's overall economic index declined to 57.6 in May from April's 60, but remained well above the neutral score of 50.
• "The businesses that we survey continue to benefit from healthy farm income and exports," said Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, who oversees the survey. "As a result, our survey indicates growth for the next three to six months for

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