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option for an additional dollar that tripled the winnings.
• The odds of winning Hot Lotto's second prize are 1 in about 1.6 million.
• Hot Lotto is played in 15 states and the District of Columbia. The jackpot sits at $1.2 million for the next drawing, on Wednesday.
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Pierre woman pleads guilty to theft from fed gov
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Pierre woman has pleaded guilty to stealing from the federal government.
• Thirty-seven-year-old Brandis Rose was accused of misappropriating more than $8,700 while working in 2009 for South Dakota CARES, an organization affiliated with the federal Social Security Administration.
• U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson says Rose will be sentenced Oct. 28 on the charge of theft of government funds. She could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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KS woman who scammed SD man sent to prison
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Kansas woman who scammed a Sioux Falls man out of $161,000 has been sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison.
• The Argus Leader reports (http://argusne.ws/1dohs89) Holly Foster told federal Judge Karen Schreier that her actions took place in a "cloud of addiction," but the judge and Foster's victim rejected that reasoning.
• Authorities say the 34-year-old Foster, of Derby, Kan., scammed the father of her then-boyfriend in 2011 and 2012 with a bogus story that she had stomach cancer and could repay his financial help out of a pending $5.3 million inheritance.
• The victim cashed in his retirement account, borrowed money from friends, and took out title loans on two vehicles and a second mortgage on his home to support Foster. Schreier ordered Foster to pay back the money.
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Row crop development continues to lag in SD
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The winter wheat harvest and the development of row crops continue to lag behind last year's pace in South Dakota.
• The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop and weather report that the past week was marked by continued below-normal temperatures.
• Eighty-seven percent of the state's winter wheat crop is in the bin, compared with 98 percent on average and 100 percent last year.
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