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• Defense attorneys commissioned a public opinion survey of 300 registered voters in the county that they said showed about half the respondents had formed an opinion on McCahren's innocence or guilt. Prosecutors were unsuccessful in their earlier request to get the judge to review the survey in advance.
• Defense attorneys also introduced material on trial coverage in newspapers such as the Pierre Capital Journal and other media outlets.
• Michael Moore, an attorney for the state, opposed the change of venue, arguing that the evidence presented wasn't sufficient to justify it.
• McCahren is being tried as an adult. He pleaded not guilty in the December 2012 death of 16-year-old Dalton Williams.
• McCahren is accused of shooting Williams with a shotgun after first pointing the weapon at another boy following an argument about a paintball game.
• Defense lawyers have argued the shooting was accidental. Prosecutors have said McCahren has a history of violent, reckless behavior.
• The next pre-trial hearing is May 12 in Pierre.
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13K in SD got health insurance using marketplace
DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The number of South Dakotans who chose health plans using the new insurance marketplace created by the nation's health care law during open enrollment that ended in March was about two-thirds of a target by the federal government.
• A federal report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday shows that 13,104 South Dakotans selected a plan during the six-month open enrollment period, although 24,147 residents were eligible. Ninety percent of enrollees will get financial help on their premiums.
• The health care law requires nearly every American to have insurance coverage or face a tax penalty of either $95 or 1 percent of income, whichever is higher.
• The Obama administration had hoped to enroll 19,000 South Dakota residents by March 31, according to estimates in a Sept. 5 departmental memo to former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The final figure was 69 percent of that.
• Ruth Krystopolski, president of Sanford Health Plan, one of three insurers in the state offering plans in the marketplace, said she thought the administration's original projections were aggressive.
• Early problems with the federal system deterred some people from enrolling, and (Continued on page 31)
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