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have custody rights to the children.

Missouri River flood suit meeting to be held in SD

• FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A public information meeting has been scheduled in central South Dakota to discuss a potential lawsuit stemming from the Missouri River flood in 2011.
• The gathering is scheduled for Friday in Fort Pierre.
• Representatives from the Polsinelli Law Firm based in Kansas City, Mo., will attend the event. The firm is recruiting people interested in joining the possible suit against the U.S government.
• The summer of 2011 was when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began releasing massive amounts of water from upstream reservoirs that had been filled with melting snow and heavy rains.
• The onslaught lasted more than 100 days, busting levees, carving gouges, dumping sand and scattering tree limbs and other debris on farmers' fields.

South Dakota turns away IUPUI 71-67

• INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Trevor Gruis scored 18 points and South Dakota withstood a late rally from IUPUI for a 71-67 win on Saturday.
• South Dakota (10-15, 4-6 Summit League) led 64-54 before IUPUI (6-22, 1-10) closed the game on a 13-7 run.
• P.J. Hubert's 3-pointer with 18 seconds left cut the lead to 68-64. After South Dakota missed the front end of a 1-and-1, Elijah Ray's 3-pointer with 10 seconds to go brought the Jaguars within 68-67.
• Tyler Larson hit two free throws for South Dakota to put the Coyotes up 70-67 before Marcellus Barksdale was fouled and missed two attempts for IUPUI. Larson made one more free throw with 3 seconds left to preserve the win.
• Larson scored 13 for the Coyotes. Tyler Flack had 12 and Trey Norris added 10.
• Mitch Patton led the Jaguars with 16 points. Ray added 12 points and Barksdale had 10.

Gay-marriage foes scrambling after court setbacks
DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press
DAVID CRARY, Associated Press
RACHEL ZOLL, Associated Press

• JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Opponents of same-sex marriage are scram

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