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setting the foundation and it stopped.
• "The kind of money and time that has gone into this is unprecedented," Percevich said. "It's a shame for them, but a definite benefit for the next guy."
• Costner and his brother Dan proposed the construction of the 320-room resort in 1993, shortly after the release of "Dances With Wolves." It was named for Costner's movie character, Lt. John J. Dunbar. The brothers sunk several million dollars into the project before stopping construction when they could not find enough investors.
• "They put far more into it than what they're asking," Percevich said.
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$600K settlement proposed in Vucurevich bankruptcy

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The court-ordered trustee who is overseeing the largest personal bankruptcy in South Dakota history has settled allegations that friends and family helped debtor Kent Vucurevich (VOO'-kuh-reh-vihtch) hide assets from creditors seeking as much as $70 million.
• Lawyer Lee Ann Pierce has asked the court to approve a settlement of $600,000 for the Sioux Falls businessman who is the son of Rapid City banker and philanthropist John Vucurevich.

• Any of 45 creditors can object to the settlement before Aug. 1. The agreement disallows them from making claims. However, University of South Dakota law professor Jon VanPatten says Kent Vucurevich still could be ordered to pay creditors if he acquires any future assets.
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AP News in Brief
Texas Republicans pass new abortion bill, Democrats vow court and electoral fight ahead

• AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Republicans in the Texas Legislature passed an omnibus abortion bill that is one of the most restrictive in the nation, but Democrats vowed Saturday to fight both in the courts and the ballot box as they used the measure to rally their supporters.
• More than 2,000 demonstrators filled the Capitol building in Austin to oppose the bill, and state troopers drug six out of the Senate chamber for trying to disrupt the debate. The Republican majority ultimately passed the bill unchanged just before midnight, with all but one Democrat voting against it.
• "Today the Texas Legislature took its final step in our historic effort to protect

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