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Students battle in SD state geographic bee
• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- A hundred students from across South Dakota are taking part in a state-level competition to determine who will represent South Dakota in the 25th annual National Geographic Bee.
• Preliminary rounds begin at 10:15 a.m. Friday at Northern State University in Aberdeen, with the final round following at 1 p.m.
• The national competition is scheduled for May 20-22 in Washington, D.C., with a $25,000 college scholarship at stake. The final round will be moderated by "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek.
• National Geographic developed the National Geographic Bee in 1989 in response to concern about the lack of geographic knowledge among young people in the United States.
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Campsites available for Fort Sisseton festival
• LAKE CITY, S.D. (AP) -- State Game, Fish and Parks officials say plenty of campsites are still available for the annual Fort Sisseton Historic Festival.
• Camping is open for stays June 5-9.
• Fort Sisseton manager Katie Ceroll says this is the first year camping reservations have been taken during the festival. She says reservations help reduce the time campers have to wait at the state park's gate.
• Ceroll says the park had trouble accepting reservations in the past two weeks, but the reservation system is working now.
• The annual festival features entertainment, culture and history relating to the fort built nearly 150 years ago.
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AP News in Brief
Obama's budget proposes cuts to Social Security, Medicare, in attempt to compromise with GOP
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as reductions, loathed by liberals, in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs.
• The plan, if ever enacted, could touch almost all Americans. The rich would see tax increases, the poor and the elderly would get smaller annual increases in their (Continued on page 23)
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