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weapon at another 16-year-old male following an argument about a paintball game.
• Defense attorneys want to interview that boy -- the sole witness in the case -- saying there are "significant inconsistencies" in three earlier statements he has made -- two to investigators and a third to the grand jury that indicted McCahren.
• The ability to interview the boy is "critical to the outcome of the transfer hearing and the ultimate outcome of the case," defense attorney William Taylor said during a Thursday court hearing.
• The transfer hearing, scheduled May 1-2, is to determine whether the case remains in adult court, where the teenager has been charged, or moved to juvenile court. McCahren could face life in prison if convicted of murder in adult court. If the case is moved to juvenile court, the state could hold him in custody only until he turns 21.
• Defense attorneys wanted to depose the witness boy this month to help them prepare for the transfer hearing.
• "Much of the overall evidence in the case will be presented in the transfer hearing," Taylor said.
• Prosecutor Michael Moore disputed that there are discrepancies in the witness boy's statements and opposed the defense motion. He said the defense knows from the boy's statements what the boy will say, and there will be no "trial by ambush."
• Sixth Circuit Judge John Brown denied the defense request, saying any discrepancies in the boy's statements could be addressed at trial or during the transfer hearing.
• Brown also moved McCahren's trial date in adult court from June 3 to Aug. 7, to give attorneys more time to prepare. The trial, if it remains in adult court, is expected to last two weeks.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The latest spring snowstorm yet again broke records in the Dakotas.
• The 2.9 inches of snow that fell Thursday in Sioux Falls, S.D., broke the 0.6-inch record for that day in 1978, according to the National Weather Service. Huron, S.D., saw 3.3 inches, breaking the previous 1.8-inch record from 1995. And Mitchell's 1910 record of 2 inches was exceeded by 1.3 inches Thursday.
• Eastern South Dakota's roads were still slippery early Friday, and in southeastern North Dakota, which also received a couple of inches of fresh snow, the state Transportation Department issued a travel alert due to blowing snow.
• Sioux Falls and Huron also broke city records on Thursday for coldest high tem

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