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• Officials forecast spring runoff at 32 million acre feet -- 27 percent above average but well below the 61 million acre feet recorded in 2011. Available storage in river reservoirs is at about 53 million acre feet.
• Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota and Lake Oahe in South Dakota are expected to rise only a few feet through June, and both reservoirs are much lower than they were at this time in 2011.
• "It's going to be kind of a quiet year, thank God," said Oahe Project Manager Eric Stasch.
10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. HOPES GETTING HIGHER IN SEARCH FOR PLANE'S BLACK BOXES
• Australia's prime minister says authorities are confident they're hearing signals from the recording devices. But it's a race against time as the batteries weaken.
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• 2. A COLLEGE TOUR THAT TURNED TRAGIC
• A Northern California crash involving a FedEx truck, a car and a bus carrying high school students to visit Humboldt State University killed at least nine people, including eight on the bus.
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• 3. WHO WILL OVERSEE THE HEALTH CARE LAW NOW
• Obama is expected to nominate his budget director, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, to replace Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services secretary.
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• 4. BEARS BACK ON WALL STREET
• The Nasdaq sheds nearly 130 points -- its worst day in three years -- while the Dow industrials plunged 266 points.
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• 5. PUERTO RICO ASKS THE PUBLIC FOR DEBT-CUTTING IDEAS
• Suggestions accepted for consideration include legalizing both marijuana and prostitution.
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