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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/abc-news-bid-toss-quot-pink-slime-quot-211844079--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3k0NhqpNPjF2T9xpjtcsYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-16T211844Z_1_CBRE9BF1N7D00_RTROPTP_2_USA-MEDIA-ABC-BPI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Beef Products Inc (BPI) headquarters is pictured in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota" align="left" title="The Beef Products Inc (BPI) headquarters is pictured in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota" border="0" /></a>The fate of a $1.2 billion lawsuit accusing ABC News of damaging a beef producer's profits and reputation through its reports about a controversial product dubbed by critics as &quot;pink slime&quot; might be determined this week. Oral arguments on whether Beef Products Inc of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, should be able to pursue its case against ABC, a unit of Walt Disney Co, are set for December 17 before Judge Cheryle Gering in a state court in Elk Point, South Dakota. Other defendants include star ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, two reporters who covered the story in March and April 2012, and two former U.S. Department of Agriculture employees and a former BPI employee who were interviewed and quoted in ABC's coverage. Actual damages could be tripled if ABC News were found liable under South Dakota's Agricultural Food Products Disparagement Act.</p><br clear="all"/>