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649,000.
• The Corner Pantry in Howard will get a $1,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
• Powerball is played in most states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot for the Wednesday drawing sits at $149 million.
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• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is calling on the federal government to revise new standards for school meals.
• North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring introduced the policy statement that was approved by the group during its annual meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, this week. It says the new standards are well-intentioned but won't solve the problem of childhood obesity.
• The standards approved by the federal Agriculture Department earlier this year set limits on calories and require schools to offer at least one vegetable or fruit per meal. Critics say the lunches are too light for some active teens and leave them hungry.
• Goehring says children from low-income families might be affected most by the new standards because school lunches might be the most nutritious meals they get.
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• HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) -- An apple orchard in South Dakota that provides entertainment for the public is looking into what spooked two horses hauling a wagon filled with people over the weekend. Witnesses say two girls were taken to a hospital after the incident.
• Country Apple Orchard manager Nancy Olson said the Saturday incident near Harrisburg was an unfortunate accident. She said it was the first time in 15 years that people were hurt in a wagon accident.
• Witnesses tell KELO-TV and the Argus Leader newspaper that the horses bolted after a loud noise and sprinted about the length of a football field. They say the two girls who were hurt fell off the wagon. Olson did not know the extent of the girls' injuries.
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• YANKTON, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota wildlife officials are considering reducing

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