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• "I was running behind schedule and was too late to buy tickets for that night's drawing," she said. "The clerk said she could sell me tickets for Wednesday's drawing, so that's what I did."
• After the drawing, "I checked my tickets on the Internet, confirmed the numbers with my sons who were visiting, then called my husband," Powers said. "He didn't believe me at first."
• Big D Oil will receive a $20,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
• Powerball is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot was at $70 million for the Wednesday night drawing.
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Ceremony to honor NC airmen killed fighting fire
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A memorial ceremony will honor four North Carolina airmen killed last summer when their plane crashed while fighting a wildfire in South Dakota's Black Hills.
• The July 1 ceremony on the one-year anniversary of the crash will dedicate an interpretive site seven miles north of Edgemont. Four members of the six-person air crew died there when strong winds out of a thunderstorm caused the air tanker to crash into a ridge top.
• Officials with the South Dakota National Guard and the Black Hills National Forest have been building a parking area and making room for interpretive signs to tell the story.
• Black Hills National Forest supervisor Craig Bobzien says the memorial site will allow people to visit, pause, honor and reflect on the selfless service of the brave airmen.
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ABC News to seek dismissal of 'pink slime' lawsuit
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- ABC News says it intends to ask a circuit court to dismiss a South Dakota beef processing company's defamation lawsuit now that it has been moved from federal court.
• Beef Products Inc. sued for defamation over ABC's coverage of a meat product that critics dub "pink slime."
• ABC wanted the case considered by the U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls, but Judge Karen Schreier on Wednesday ordered it back to circuit court.
• In a statement sent Thursday, ABC News said the federal court was clear that in sending the case to state court it was not expressing any opinion on the merits of the case.
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