Tuesday,  May 1, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 292 • 16 of 37 •  Other Editions

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• The 72-year-old Johnson was shot twice in the face after answering the door at his house in Madison. An arrest affidavit suggests that the incident that might have stemmed from an old grudge when the two were students at Madison High.
• Ericsson has pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial.
• The hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Lake County courthouse in Madison.
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SD hookah lounge ramps up fight to sell alcohol
AMBER HUNT,Associated Press

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A hookah lounge in western South Dakota is firing up for a court fight over the state's smoking ban by asking a judge Monday to block police from targeting the business until the case hits a courtroom.

• Attorney Stephen Wesolick, who represents Ifrit's Hookah Lounge in Rapid City, filed a motion for a temporary injunction and asked that a judge forbid police from ticketing the lounge for selling tobacco products alongside wine and beer -- actions that a prosecutor has said violates the smoking ban.
• In the meantime, the lounge has voluntarily quit serving alcohol even though owners believe that hookah isn't covered by the law, Wesolick said.

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