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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Officials at a Rapid City hospital say they are pleased but not surprised that state officials have found no evidence that the hospital mistreated a man who claims the letters "KKK" were carved into his chest during heart surgery.
• Rapid City Regional Hospital CEO Tim Sughrue (shuh-GROO') says in a statement that the hospital will continue to defend itself against a civil lawsuit filed by Vernon Traversie, a 69-year-old American Indian man.
• South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said Monday that neither his office nor the state Health Department could substantiate Traversie's claim.
• Traversie's spokesman said other investigations are pending.
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• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The Army Corps of Engineers is again reducing its prediction for how much water will flow down the Missouri River this year because of the drought.
• The corps now predicts 21 million acre-feet of runoff this year in the 2,341-mile-long river that flows from Montana through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
• That forecast is about 85 percent of normal, and well below last year's record amount of 61.2 million acre-feet of runoff.
• Flooding along the river last year caused massive damage, but this year the amount of snowmelt and rain flowing into the river is below normal.
• Some of the extra water stored in reservoirs along the river has been used to provide enough water for navigation, power and other uses of the river.
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• The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):
• 1. THE FULL STORY BEHIND SIKH SHOOTING MAY NEVER BE PUBLIC
• With the gunman dead and no trial coming, what investigators uncover about the white supremacist may remain a secret.

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