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Drought unchanged in SD; conditions improve in ND
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Drought conditions have not changed in South Dakota over the week, with all of the state in some form of drought and more than half in the two worst categories.
• The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that extreme or exception drought continues to cover most of the southern half of South Dakota.
• North Dakota still has no areas in those categories, and only about three-fourths of the state is now in some form of drought. That is down from 90 percent last week. About 30 percent of the state remains in severe drought.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today (times in EST):
• 1. WHY OBAMA IS IN A BIND
• He has to stand his ground against the GOP, and risk falling off the "fiscal cliff," or reach a compromise -- and risk angering liberal Democrats. He'll make his case to the public at 1:05 p.m.
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• 2. WHAT'S IN STORE FOR SANDY VICTIMS
• A new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day goes into effect in New York after the nor'easter.
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• 3. TEHRAN FACING "COMPLETE SANCTIONS REGIME"
• AP's Bradley Klapper says lawmakers are working on a new set of Iran sanctions that could prevent it from doing business with most of the world until it agrees to international constraints on its nuclear program.
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• 4. ASSAD CALLS CIVIL WAR CLAIM DUBIOUS
• Rather, the Syrian president says the new kind of battle in his country is "terrorism through proxies."
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• 5. AFGHANS TO MAKE CASE AGAINST BALES
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