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•Tallis said he hopes to establish a similar close relationship with residents of Garfield and McCone counties.
•"Whether it's iPads or something else, we want to partner with the community," he said.
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ABC News wants 'pink slime' lawsuit in fed court
•NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Lawyers for ABC News are asking to have a defamation lawsuit against the company filed by a South Dakota beef processing plant transferred from circuit court to federal court.
•Beef Products Inc. sued ABC News Inc. for defamation over its coverage of a meat product that critics dub "pink slime." The company alleges that the network created an inaccurate impression that the product is unsafe.
•BPI is seeking $1.2 billion in damages.
•The lawsuit was originally filed in circuit court in South Dakota's Union County in September. Lawyers for the broadcasting company want the suit moved to federal district court in South Dakota because it says the parties involved are from different states.
•A lawyer for BPI didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.
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Woman gives up effort to stay Moeller execution
DIRK LAMMERS,Associated Press
•SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Sioux Falls woman with loose family ties to death row inmate Donald Moeller has given up her effort to stop Moeller's upcoming execution.
•Moeller, 60, has said he's ready to accept death as the consequence for the 1990 kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Becky O'Connell. His execution is set for next week.
•On Wednesday, attorneys for Donna Nichols filed a motion with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the appeal of his federal case challenging South Dakota's execution protocol.
•Earlier Wednesday, Nichols' Rapid City-based attorney, Robert Van Norman, said he was filing a motion with the appeals court to stay the execution and was prepared to take it to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.
•U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol on Tuesday denied Nichols' motion to stay the execution and intervene in the case. Nichols, whose mother married Moeller's (Continued on page 23)
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