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Friday's drawing. Tickets matching four of five white ball numbers and the Mega Ball were sold in Custer, North Sioux City and Redfield.
• Three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland had all five white ball numbers and the Mega Ball, meaning the $640 million jackpot will be split three ways.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakotans are living longer, and officials credit better medical care and better living habits.
• The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports (http://argusne.ws/H4u8hI ) that South Dakota's average lifespan moved from 78 in 1997 to 80 in 2007, the most recent year in the analysis.
• State demographer Mike McCurry, an assistant professor at South Dakota State

University, says South Dakotans are an amazingly health people. He says better health care is probably the main reason for the increase in life expectancy.
• The average South Dakota woman has a lifespan of 82.6 years, slightly higher than the national average of 81.
• The average South Dakota man has a lifespan of 77.2 years, compared to 75.9 nationally.
• McCurry says the biggest improvement is among American Indians.
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• MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) -- Some residents of southwest Davison County are worried about a large hog production facility that has been proposed in the area.
• The Mitchell Daily Republic reports (http://bit.ly/H5MhBk ) the Davison County Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday will consider an application from Jackrabbit Family Farms for a conditional use permit to operate a swine production unit.
• Lyle Reimnitz says he is worried that he is losing the prospect for a quiet retirement on his property nearby. He says he and other landowners were invited by Jackrabbit Farms to a recent meeting to determine if they are interested in using the manure generated by the hog farm.
• Another area resident, Dave Truesdell, says he's worried about dust and odor that might be produced by the hog facility.
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