• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The Sioux Falls economy received an $8.5 million boost from the recent Summit League men's and women's basketball tournaments.
• The report from the Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Sioux Falls Sports Authority calculates about $4.5 million in direct sales and about $4 million in indirect sales. The figures take into account taxes, lodging, transportation, food, entertainment, shopping, organizer spending and media coverage.
• The Summit League Championships in March drew a total of 37,304 fans to Sioux Falls Arena in South Dakota's largest city. North Dakota State won the men's tournament and the University of South Dakota won the women's title.
• Next year's championships will be held at the new Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A woman caused a stir at a Rapid City pawn shop when she brought in two items her husband had collected while serving in the Philippines during World War II.
• The items were hand grenades -- and one of them was still live.
• Officials at Presidential Pawn on Tuesday alerted police, who called in the bomb squad from Ellsworth Air Force Base to dispose of the grenade.
• Police say no charges will be filed because the woman was not aware she possessed an explosive.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe in southwestern South Dakota is invoking federal treaties and international agreements in protest of a proposed uranium mine in the western part of the state.
• Tribal president Bryan Brewer is demanding protection from the federal government from "immediate threat of contamination and irreparable harm."
• The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently issued an operating license for a proposed uranium mine in the area. The mine still needs approval from the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the state.

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