Wednesday,  November 28, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 133 • 19 of 35 •  Other Editions

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pened around 1 a.m. Tuesday in a trailer home in Lake Andes in Charles Mix County near Marty. It's not clear if the suspect has an attorney yet.
• A second man who was shot, Dominic Fischer, survived but his condition was not immediately known.
• Authorities did not say what the relationship is between the suspect and the men who were shot.
• A witness told agents that the men had been drinking together in the living area of the trailer home. He said he was in a back bedroom with his girlfriend when he heard Dancing Bull Fischer yelling through the bedroom door that someone was "messing with Dad."
• The witness said he heard four or five gunshots as he went toward the living room and saw Dancing Bull Fischer holding an assault rifle pointed downward, according to the affidavit. The witness told agents he took the rifle from Dancing Bull Fischer, who then left the residence.
• Agents said Tony Fischer Sr. had apparently been shot in the head and died at the scene.

Judge bows out of 'pink slime' suit over ABC ties

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A federal judge has recused himself from presiding over a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against ABC because his daughter-in-law works as a producer on one of the network's morning shows.
• Judge Lawrence L. Piersol recused himself from hearing the defamation lawsuit filed by South Dakota-based Beef Products Inc. against ABC because his daughter-in-law works as a producer on "Good Morning America."
• The case has been reassigned to Chief Judge Karen Schreier.
• Beef Products Inc. sued ABC in September over its coverage of a meat product called lean, finely textured beef. Critics have dubbed the product "pink slime." The meat processor claims the network damaged the company by misleading consumers into believing the product is unhealthy and unsafe.

Official: Lack of pipelines threat to ND wildlife

• JAMES MacPHERSON,Associated Press
• BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Too few pipelines moving crude to market is the biggest threat to wildlife in western North Dakota's booming oil patch at present, an industry official said Tuesday.
• About half of North Dakota's record oil production is being shipped by rail and

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