Friday,  May 18, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 309 • 38 of 49 •  Other Editions

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one in about 649,000. The winner has about six months to claim the money.
• Powerball is played in 42 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot sits at $100 million for the next drawing, on Saturday.

Tribe still wants to build casino in Sioux Falls

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe in

South Dakota says a proposal to build a $120 million casino in Sioux Falls in exchange for a revenue-sharing plan with the city is still on the table.
• Money from the plan could help finance the city's planned $115 million events center, saving money for taxpayers. But Sioux Falls officials want the governor to first sign off on the deal, and a spokesman tells the Argus Leader that Gov. Dennis Daugaard is willing to listen but still skeptical of a Sioux Falls casino.
• The tribe made its offer last year but it didn't go anywhere. Tribal officials say the offer is still there, and President Tony Reider tells KELO-TV that it would be great if the city and tribe could approach the governor together.

Flags at half-staff Saturday in Abdnor's memory

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking that all flags in South Dakota be flown at half-staff on Saturday in honor of former U.S. Sen. Jim Abdnor.
• Abdnor died Wednesday at age 89. His funeral is Saturday at Lutheran Memorial

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