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beer stores in the nearby town of Whiteclay, Neb., accusing them of fostering chronic alcoholism on the reservation. Alcohol can't be sold on the reservation, but stores in Whiteclay, which has only about a dozen residents, sell the equivalent of 4.3 million, 12-ounce cans of beer each year.
• A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in October, saying the case belongs in state court. The judge did not rule on the merits of the suit.
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Man charged with attempted murder takes stand
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Fort Pierre man charged with attempted murder says he used a shotgun to defend his property from a woman and did not expect it to discharge into a vehicle, almost hitting the woman.
• Derek Boe testified for about two hours Thursday morning during his trial. He is accused of shooting out the window of a vehicle occupied by a 24-year-old Pierre woman on a Hughes County road in January, narrowly missing the woman with the shotgun blast.
• KCCR radio reports that Boe repeatedly said during his testimony that he was shocked the weapon had gone off. He said it was accident.
• Said Boe: "It was not my intention. I did not want it to go off."
• Closing arguments in the case are expected Friday morning.
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Texas judge lifts order on TransCanada pipeline
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI,Associated Press
• HOUSTON (AP) -- TransCanada can resume oil pipeline work on a private Texas property for now, a judge said Thursday, at least until a hearing next week meant to determine whether the product the company wants to transport is in fact crude oil.
• Judge Jack Sinz initially issued an order Friday in Nacogdoches County Court halting work through next week on the Keystone XL pipeline on property owned by Michael Bishop in Douglass, Texas. But TransCanada requested a separate court date to lift the temporary restraining order, and Sinz scheduled a hearing for Thursday, where he lifted the restrictions.
• TransCanada had been clearing areas of Bishop's land to begin construction. Spokesman Shawn Howard said work is unlikely to begin before Wednesday's hearing, which will also address TransCanada's counterclaim that Bishop has breached his contract to build its pipeline on his property.
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