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kota despite drought-reduced feed and stock water supplies.
• The Agriculture Department says in its latest crop and weather report that feed supplies are rated only 47 percent adequate to surplus, compared to 99 percent last year at this time. Stock water supplies are rated only 44 percent adequate, and about two-thirds of the state's pastures and ranges are rated in poor or very poor condition.
• But cattle conditions in South Dakota are still rated 75 percent good to excellent, and 78 percent of sheep are in those categories.
• The state's winter wheat crop is rated only 29 percent fair to good, due to a lack of soil moisture as winter ends.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. DAY 2 FOR GAY MARRIAGE IN SUPREME COURT
• The justices will consider the law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of federal benefits.
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• 2. NORTH KOREA RATCHETS UP TENSION
• Pyongyang says it has cut off a key military hotline with South Korea that allows cross border travel to a jointly run industrial complex in the North.
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• 3. PETRAEUS' MEA CULPA FOR EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR
• The former CIA chief and general says he deeply regrets "the circumstances that led me to my resignation" and "caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters."
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• 4. RECORDS IN GABBY GIFFORDS' CASE BEING RELEASED
• Hundreds of pages of police reports in the investigation of the Tucson shooting rampage that seriously wounded the former congresswoman mark the public's first (Continued on page 29)
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