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tracted with SDRC Inc. to administer the federal EB-5 program, in which foreign investors can secure permanent residency for as little as $500,000. The economic development office canceled its contract with SDRC in September "for cause."
• Northern Beef filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July and is idled pending a Dec. 5 auction.
• Daugaard said Benda's death leaves questions that may never be answered.
• Tyler said published reports are asking way more questions than the attorney general and governor's office are providing.
• "We deserve the answers," she said.
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Judge says hookah falls under SD's smoking ban
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A Rapid City judge says hookah consumption does fall under South Dakota's ban on smoking in public places.
• Circuit Court Judge Jeff Davis's ruling means the Ifrits Hookah Lounge in Rapid City can no longer sell alcohol.
• The statewide smoking ban prohibits businesses that sell tobacco from also selling booze.
• Hookah involves using water pipes with burning charcoal to ingest tobacco.
• City attorneys say the byproduct of hookah is smoke. Ifrits contends that vapor -- not smoke -- is exhaled. Judge Davis disagreed.
• Ifrits Hookah Lounge has a month to appeal to the South Dakota Supreme Court.
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Packers' secondary banged up for Vikings game
TODD McMAHON, Associated Press
• GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will not play against Minnesota on Sunday after hinting earlier in the week there might be a chance.
• Rodgers needed to be on the field at practice Friday, but he is not yet recovered from a broken collarbone and was ruled out for the game. He has missed the past two games.
• "I don't have a timetable for you," coach Mike McCarthy said. "He threw a little bit today."
• Scott Tolzien, a third-year pro, is expected to make his second straight start in Rodgers' place. How soon the team can expect Rodgers back on the field is a mystery.
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