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lieves the book influenced his loss to Democrat Tim Johnson. • On Tuesday, Pressler told the Mitchell Daily Republic (http://bit.ly/O8MCFB ) that Cockburn's publisher paid a large libel settlement. • Pressler says the publisher also pulled the book and paid more than $100,000 in legal fees. •
Sioux Falls businessman charged with tax evasion
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The longtime owner of a Sioux Falls sod business faces federal charges that he's been illegally evading federal income taxes for more than a decade. • Jerome Adrian made his first appearance in federal court in Sioux Falls last week. He remains free on his promise to show up for future court appearances. • Court documents say the 70-year-old Adrian and a 76-year-old acquaintance, Raymond Ehrman, set up a number of trust accounts for Adrian's assets, and then used fake tax identification numbers. • Ehrman is charged with conspiracy in the alleged scheme. Adrian is accused of tax evasion, failing to pay taxes and taking a fake tax refund. • Adrian and Ehrman have pleaded not guilty. •
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