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• The last time a B-1B was destroyed in a crash was on Dec. 12, 2001, when a bomber involved in the war in Afghanistan slammed into the Indian Ocean near the island of Diego Garcia. In April 2008, an Ellsworth B-1B bomber caught fire after landing at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
• Aerial photos of Monday's crash site show a massive charred area of prairie land void of recognizable aircraft parts. Some people who live near the remote locale say the plane broke apart in midair, scattering debris over several miles.
• The crew members were taken to Rapid City-area hospitals. They are instructor pilot Maj. Frank Biancardi ll, of Methuen, Mass.; instructor pilot Capt. Curtis Michael, of Albion, Neb.; instructor weapons systems officer Capt. Brandon Packard, of Ashland, Ky.; and instructor weapons systems officer Capt. Chad Nishizuka, of Kailua, Hawaii.
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Powerball ticket sold in Brandon worth $10,000
• BRANDON, S.D. (AP) -- A Powerball ticket sold in Brandon is worth $10,000 in the latest drawing.
• South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the game's third prize in the Wednesday drawing. The odds of winning it around 1 in about 649,000.
• The winner has about six months to claim the money.
• Powerball is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot sits at $92 million for the next drawing, on Saturday.
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BHSU science building to get $4.5M transformation
• SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) -- The Sanford Underground Research Facility and Black Hills State University are working together to transform a building on the Spearfish campus into a state-of-the-art science education center.
• The $4.5 million renovation of the Jonas Science Building is to begin next summer and is expected to take about a year to complete. Officials say it will be linked to the Sanford Science Education Center in Lead and will strengthen the existing partnership between the university and the lab.
• Officials at the federally supported lab nearly a mile underground in the former Homestake gold mine are conducting research on complex subjects such as nuclear reactions within stars and dark matter, an elusive substance that scientists believe makes up about one-fourth of the universe.
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