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Press on Monday that the arctic air had already begun moving eastward and temperatures should get warmer as the week progresses, although with overnight lows remaining below zero in many areas.
• "Warm relative to what we had this past weekend, but still cold," Mathews said.
• High temperatures in the two states should be in the 20s and 30s by Thursday and Friday, he said.

Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Sturgis worth $6,000

• STURGIS, S.D. (AP) -- A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Sturgis is worth $6,000 in the latest drawing.
• State lottery officials say the ticket matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card to win the game's second prize in Saturday's drawing. The odds of winning it are 1 in about 127,000.
• The winner has about six months to claim the money.
• Wild Card 2 is played in the Dakotas, Montana and Idaho. The jackpot is at $625,000 for Wednesday's drawing.

10 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. A CEREMONY TO HONOR MANDELA
• Amid cold, driving rain world leaders and South Africans gather to remember "a global icon of forgiveness."

• 2. WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE DATA WAR
• As the U.S. tracks and analyzes cellphone and Internet activity in search of terrorists, it's instigating a battle with technology companies that do much the same thing in search of profits.

• 3. A YEAR LATER, NEWTOWN BRACES FOR 12/14
• There are 26 bronze stars that sit atop the local firehouse, one for each adult and child gunned down on an unimaginable winter day at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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