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morning. Walker says he even provided some members of her entourage with cream puffs, a popular item at the Wisconsin State Fair going on this week near Milwaukee.
• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hit the fair with his family on Friday. He and Brewer and about 20 other governors were in Milwaukee for a National Governors Association meeting that concluded Sunday.
• Walker says North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple is also staying in Wisconsin beyond the meeting, vacationing in Door County. And he says South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard came to the state early for a family reunion in Wisconsin Dells.

84 -year-old Pierre man claims lottery prize

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota lottery officials say an 84-year-old Pierre man has claimed a Wild Card 2 jackpot worth nearly a half-million dollars.
• Duane Delaney lives within walking distance of the South Dakota Lottery office, and he turned in his ticket for $499,694 on Monday. He bought it at a Pierre convenience store.
• Officials say Delaney's ticket matched all five numbers and the Wild Card in the Saturday drawing. The odds of winning the prize are one in about 1.9 million.
• Wild Card 2 is played in the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho.
• Delaney says he purchases two Powerball, two Hot Lotto and two Wild Card 2 tickets for each drawing.


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. US ORDERS EVACUATION IN YEMEN
• Britain also evacuated its embassy staff after terror threat linked to al-Qaida shut down diplomatic posts across the Mideast.
• . FORT HOOD SOLDIER TO REPRESENT HIMSELF
• Victims of the 2009 rampage at the Texas military base will be questioned by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, whose court-martial begins today.
• . INTERNET PIONEER BUYS THE WASHINGTON POST
• Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos turned selling books online into a multibillion-dollar business and will now try to transform the media industry.

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