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mary, giving Rounds an advantage. The top vote-getter in a Senate primary with three or more candidates can win with only 35 percent of the vote.
•  Burns said he is a little surprised that Nelson is entering the primary race.
•  "I guess what it says is that while those who are learning toward tea party ideology may have common beliefs, they also have their individual ambitions," Burns said.

•  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- No teams from the Dakotas are in the NAIA football preseason poll, though Valley City State did receive some votes.
•  National runner-up Morningside of Iowa begins the season as the top-ranked team; 2012 champion Marian of Indiana came in second despite receiving eight first-place votes to Morningside's four. Morningside had more total points in the coaches' poll.
•  Missouri Valley got the other first-place vote in the poll and came in third.
•  Valley City State finished last season 7-3 and ranked No. 24 in the country. The Vikings got some votes in this year's preseason poll, but not enough to crack the Top 25.
•  The first regular season poll will be announced Sept. 16.
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•  ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Bond has been set at $5,000 for an Aberdeen man accused of putting a liquid form of the illegal hallucinogenic drug LSD on mints.
•  Steven Larson, 25, appeared in court on Monday on three drug-related felony charges but he did not enter pleas. He requested a public defender.
•  Authorities allege that Larson had enough liquid LSD to put drops on 1,500 mints. Police said they found 400 drops when searching Larson's home, meaning there could be LSD-soaked mints out in the community.
•  People should be wary of eating a mint if they don't know where it came from, said Brown County Deputy State's Attorney Chris White.
•  "If you're not the one purchasing the Altoids or they're not in the original packaging, proceed with caution because there was still approximately 1,000 drops that were distributed somewhere in Aberdeen," the prosecutor said.
•  Parent Tom Langum told KELO-TV that he is worried about children finding the mints.

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