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Dakota gambling town say Powerbucks jackpots start at $1 million. The machines in Deadwood are linked with casinos in New Jersey.
• A South Dakota legislative panel late last year cleared the way for the special machines.
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Sioux Falls police recover evidence in homicide
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls police say they have recovered a knife and gloves they believe were used in a homicide.
• Authorities earlier had asked the public for help in finding the items. The Police Department issued a statement Thursday night saying they had been located.
• Police believe the items were used in the Wednesday stabbing death of 53-year-old Brenda Hansen. Forty-one-year-old John Senn is charged with murder and being held on $1 million cash-only bond.
• Authorities allege that Senn took prescription painkillers from Hansen and argued with her before stabbing her.
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10 Things to Know: This Week's Takeaways
The Associated Press
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• Looking back at the stories to remember from the past week:
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• 1. DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS FAIL TO DISLODGE PRO-RUSSIAN INSURGENTS IN UKRAINE
• Talks involving Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. and the European Union produced an agreement Thursday to take tentative steps toward calming tensions in Ukraine. But insurgents occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities said they won't leave until Ukraine's interim government resigns.
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• 2. FERRY SINKING OFF SOUTH KOREA LEAVES 32 DEAD, MORE THAN 270 MISSING
• The ship, with 476 people aboard, was sailing to the southern island of Jeju and began sinking Wednesday. Among the passengers were high school students on a class trip. Investigators were looking at whether the ferry made too sharp a turn that caused the vessel to list and if the evacuation was not ordered quickly enough.
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