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Club. About 13,000 attend if Feb. 2 falls on a weekday.
• Phil's predictions, of course, are not always right on. Last year, for example, he told people to prepare for six more weeks of winter, a minority opinion among his groundhog brethren. The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University later listed that January to June as the warmest seven-month period since systematic records began being kept in 1895.
• "We'll just mark it up as a mistake last year. He'll be correct this year," McKown said hopefully.

• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Dinosaur tracks preserved in a 7-square-foot slab of limestone are being displayed at the Journey Museum in Rapid City.
• The museum says the top layer of the slab shows the tracks of at least two small theropod dinosaurs, while a tiny track is located in an underlying layer.
• The limestone slab was previously on display at the Rapid City Regional Airport, but was moved to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology several years ago. The school is loaning the slab to the Journey Museum.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Lottery officials are warning residents not be taken in by a scam that promises them a cash prize in return for personal information.
• A lottery player received an email from someone claiming to be with the "Powerball Company" and advising them to provide personal information including Facebook and e-mail account passwords to receive a $50,000 prize.
• The individual contacted also was told that a claim fee had to be paid before the money could be collected.
• Lottery executive director Norm Lingle says his agency does not make such demands.
• Lottery prizes of $101 or more must be claimed at a lottery office in Pierre, Rapid City or Sioux Falls using an official prize claim form.
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