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decade, according to the National Weather Service. Some hail was the size of tennis balls. • Kevin Rost, sales manager at a local auto dealership, told the Argus Leader that as many as 900 vehicles on his lot were damaged. • Storm damage in the city is still being calculated. Insurance agency president Dick Applequist said the last time he saw as much damage after a hail storm was in June 2001 when "60 percent of the houses needed to be reroofed." • A storm with hail the size of baseballs hit Rapid City on Friday. Insurance agent Gene Hufford told KOTA-TV that it was the worst hailstorm he has seen in his career. • "I'm estimating it's going to be in the multiple of millions of dollars' worth of claims just out of my agency alone," he said. •
Rapid City police have suspects in 2 robberies
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Rapid City police have made an arrest in an August casino robbery and have identified suspects in a July robbery at a convenience store. • Bond has been set at $25,000 for 33-year-old Tavis Walker, who is accused in the Aug. 21 robbery of the Rushmore Casino. He has not yet entered a plea. • Police say they have identified two suspects in a July 24 robbery of the Circle S convenience store. The suspects are in custody in Nebraska. In that robbery, an assailant beat a clerk with a plunger handle and took a pack of cigarettes. • Rapid City police also are looking for two suspects in a robbery late Friday at the Queen of Hearts Casino. •
10 Things to Know for Today The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: • 1. TOP EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL SURVIVES EXPLOSION • A bombing in Cairo targets the convoy of Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who controls the nation's police force. • • 2. BATTLE RESUMES IN SYRIA • Government troops and al-Qaida-linked rebels are fighting over the regime-held (Continued on page 18)
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