Friday,  September 7, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 052 • 49 of 66 •  Other Editions

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SD Guard soldiers returning from Afghanistan duty

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota National Guard has scheduled a welcome-home ceremony for a seven-person firefighting team returning from a year of duty in Afghanistan.
• The members of the Sturgis-based 451st Engineer Detachment will be honored Friday afternoon at Camp Rapid, near Rapid City. The ceremony that is open to the public begins at 1:30 p.m.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard and state Guard commander Tim Reisch (rysh) are to speak.

Wild Card 2, Powerball winners sold in SD

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Wild Card 2 ticket worth $5,000 and a Powerball ticket worth $10,000 were sold in South Dakota.
• State lottery officials say the Wild Card 2 ticket was sold in Watertown and the Powerball ticket in Howard. Both were winners in Wednesday's drawings. The holders of the tickets have about six months to claim the money.
• Wild Card 2 is played in the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho. The odds of winning the game's second prize are one in about 90,600. Powerball is played in most states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The odds of winning the game's third prize are one in about 649,000.
• The Wild Card 2 jackpot for the Saturday drawing is $110,000; the Powerball jackpot sits at $100 million.

10 Things to Know Today
The Associated Press

• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. HIS RE-ELECTION IN DOUBT, OBAMA PROMISES HAPPIER DAYS
• "Our challenges can be met" to repair economy, revive the nation, the president says.

• 2. PRINCE HARRY IS BACK IN AFGHANISTAN

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