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Rounds raises about $724K in 1Q, has $1M on hand
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Former Gov. Mike Rounds raised about $724,000 during the first three months of 2014 for his campaign for a U.S. Senate seat.
• Rounds' Federal Election Commission report shows he spent $868,000 during the quarter ending March 31, with about $517,000 going to media through Sioux Falls-based advertising firm Lawrence & Schiller.
• The Republican had about $1 million cash on hand as of March 31. Rounds' report showed no campaign debt.
• Also seeking the seat being vacated by the retiring Sen. Tim Johnson are state Sen. Larry Rhoden of Union Center, state Rep. Stace Nelson of Fulton, Sioux Falls physician Annette Bosworth and Yankton attorney and soldier Jason Ravnsborg.
• Rick Weiland is the sole Democratic candidate, and former Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Pressler is running as an independent.
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AP News in Brief
Death count in South Korean ferry sinking tops 100, with nearly 200 still missing
• JINDO, South Korea (AP) -- One by one, coast guard officers carried the newly arrived bodies covered in white sheets from a boat to a tent on the dock of this island, the first step in identifying a sharply rising number of corpses from a South Korean ferry that sank nearly a week ago.
• Dozens of police officers in neon green jackets formed a cordon around the dock as the bodies arrived Tuesday. Since divers found a way over the weekend to enter the submerged ferry, the death count has shot up. Officials said Tuesday that confirmed fatalities had reached 104, with nearly 200 people still missing.
• If a body lacks identification, details such as height, hair length and clothing are posted on a white signboard for families waiting on Jindo island for news.
• The bodies are then driven in ambulances to two tents: one for men and boys, the other for women and girls. Families listen quietly outside as an official briefs them, then line up and file in. Only relatives are allowed inside.
• For a brief moment there is silence. Then the anguished cries, the wailing, the howling. They have not known for nearly a week whether they should grieve or not, and now they sound like they're being torn apart.
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